驾驶台 (jià shǐ tāi) — bridge (of a ship); driver's cab (of a train)

Definition

A specific term for the command post where the operator works: the bridge of a ship or the driver's cab of a train, where navigation and controls are located. Not used for ordinary cars.

noun
bridge (of a ship)driver's cab (of a train)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 驾驶台。
    Chuán zhǎng zhèng zài jià shǐ tāi shàng zhǐ huī háng xíng.
    The captain is on the bridge directing the navigation.
  • 驾驶台。
    Huǒ chē sī jī zài jià shǐ tāi qián jiān kòng guǐ dào.
    The train driver monitors the tracks in front of the driver's cab.
  • 驾驶台。
    Zhè sōu chuán de jià shǐ tāi zhuāng yǒu zuì xiān jìn de dǎo háng shè bèi.
    This ship's bridge is equipped with the most advanced navigation equipment.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

驾驶driving
驾jiàdrive驶shǐdrive
联合Side by side
台táiplatform

驾驶 gives driving, and 台 gives platform, so the term means a platform for driving.

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 駕; 驾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā駕jià
Same sound today

In the traditional form 駕, 馬 relates to a horse, and 加 gives the sound; this story is about 駕, not the simplified 驾.

Open 驾 →

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.

Open 驶 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

Open 台 →

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