entries → 汽車
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 詞
汽車 word · TOCFL 2 (est.)
汽車 =
ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ · qìchē
noun — car; automobile

字源 FORM — what the parts do

steam; vapor (汽水的汽)氵(water) + 气(phonetic qì) — water turned to vapor/steam
vehicle; cart (車輛的車)chēa chariot viewed from above — the two wheels, axle, and body; the original wheeled vehicle
汽車,汽水的汽,車輛的車。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

水(氵→中的氵)燒成氣(气→中的气),推動那輛)的輪子——那叫
Water (氵 in 汽) boiled to vapor (气 in 汽), pushing the wheels of the vehicle (車) — that is 汽車.
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