真空泵

zhēnkōngbèng

noun #66,706

Measure Word

一台真空泵 tái

Meanings

1 vacuum pump

Characters

Examples

刹车助力器需要真空泵提供负压。

Shāchē zhùlìqì xūyào zhēnkōngbèng tígōng fù yā.

The brake booster needs a vacuum pump to supply negative pressure.

实验室里那台真空泵坏了。

Shíyànshì lǐ nà tái zhēnkōngbèng huài le.

The vacuum pump in the lab is broken.

Tips

memory

泵 (bèng) is a rare but tidy character — 石 'stone' pressed down on 水 'water' pictures exactly what a pump does. The character itself is a 20th-century coinage, formed specifically for the English word 'pump' and its sound.

Stroke Order

真 zhēn

空 kōng

泵 bèng