驶进 (shǐ jìn) — (of a vehicle or ship) to drive or sail into

Definition

verb
(of a vehicle or ship) to drive or sail into
Easily confused

Examples

  • 驶进。
    Huǒ chē màn màn dì shǐ jìn le chē zhàn.
    The train slowly pulled into the station.
  • 驶进。
    Nà liàng chē shǐ jìn le suì dào.
    That car drove into the tunnel.
  • 驶进。
    Lún chuán zhèng zài shǐ jìn gǎng kǒu.
    The ship is sailing into the port.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

驶shǐdrive/sail
进jìnin/enter

驶 means drive or sail and 进 indicates inward direction, together meaning to drive or sail into.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 駛; 驶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
史
史shǐ駛shǐ
Same sound today

The traditional form 駛 has 馬 as the meaning part and 史 as the sound part.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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