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bèngzhàn
noun #43,511

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pumping station

Examples

Bàoyǔ hòu bèngzhàn quánlì páishuǐ.
After the downpour the pumping station drained at full capacity.
Xīn jiàn de bèngzhàn bǎozhàng le nóngtián guàngài.
The newly-built pumping station secures irrigation for the farmland.

Tips

memory
(bèng) is a rare character — a 20th-century borrowing that represents a pump with (stone/weight) over (water). The shape itself is a tiny diagram of a pump pushing water. Same character in 水泵 (water pump), 油泵 (oil pump), (air pump).

Stroke Order

bèng
zhàn