箱式 (xiāngshì): box-type

Meanings

1 box-type
2 boxed
3 box-shaped (of equipment)

Characters

箱

Examples

工厂购置了一台箱式变压器。

Gōngchǎng gòuzhì le yī tái xiāngshì biànyāqì.

The factory purchased a box-type transformer.

这是一辆箱式货车。

Zhè shì yī liàng xiāngshì huòchē.

This is a box-type truck (panel van).

Tips

usage

Industrial/technical modifier — almost always attached to a noun (箱式货车 box truck, 箱式变压器 box transformer, 箱式炉 box furnace). The pattern 〜式 ("-type, -style") productively makes adjectives from nouns: 中式 Chinese-style, 开放式 open-type.