鼓风机 (gǔ fēng jī) — air blower; blower (mechanical device that produces a stream of air)

Definition

noun
air blowerblower (mechanical device that produces a stream of air)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 鼓风机。
    Zhè ge gǔ fēng jī de zào yīn tài dà le.
    This blower is too loud.
  • 鼓风机。
    Gōng chǎng yòng gǔ fēng jī lái tōng fēng.
    The factory uses a blower for ventilation.
  • 鼓风机。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn de gǔ fēng jī zhǔn bèi xiū lǐ.
    I bought a new blower for repair work.

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.

鼓风blow wind
鼓gǔblow风fēngwind
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

鼓风 means blow wind, and 机 is a machine, giving a device that blows wind.

Characters in this word

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

  • 壴壴zhùdrum
  • 支支zhīhand holding drumstick

鼓 combines 壴, a drum, with 支, a hand holding a drumstick, so the character pictures a drum being struck.

Open 鼓 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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