架 jià measure word for planes and large machines
measure word for planes and large machines; frame; rack; framework
How to remember 架: 加 add + 木 tree = measure word for planes and large machines. The boy wants to add one more toy plane to his tree house and asks Dad the measure word for planes and large machines.
Component breakdown
架 = 加 add + 木 tree
- 加 add
- 力 power
- 口 mouth
- 木 tree
The boy wants to add one more toy plane to his tree house and asks Dad the measure word for planes and large machines.
How it is used
- Doubles as a measure word for machines and framed objects - 一架飞机 yí jià fēijī (a plane), 一架钢琴 yí jià gāngqín (a piano) - this classifier use is as important as its noun meaning "frame/rack".
- 打架 dǎjià "to physically fight" and 吵架 chǎojià "to quarrel/argue verbally" are a common pair - same 架 but very different actions, easy to mix up.
- 书架 shūjià (bookshelf) and 框架 kuàngjià (framework, often abstract as in a plan's framework) show the concrete-to-abstract range of the "frame" sense.
- 绑架 bǎngjià "to kidnap" is worth flagging since it's semantically unrelated to the furniture sense - it comes from "binding/tying up a frame (a person)".