吸尘器
The Mandarin phrase for hoover is 吸尘器.
The term refers to a vacuum cleaner.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of 吸 (to suck/inhale), 尘 (dust) and 器 (device/machine).
How does it change in a sentence?
This noun is used with the measure words 个 or 台.
Did you know?
- The character 尘 for 'dust' is also used in the Buddhist term 红尘, meaning 'red dust', which refers to the mundane world of human desires.
- The word 'hoover' in English is a brand-name eponym, but in Mandarin, the term 吸尘器 is purely descriptive and contains no reference to foreign brands.
- The character 吸 is also used in the term 吸烟 for 'smoking', as both involve the act of inhaling or sucking in.
Examples in context
- 我需要买一台吸尘器I need to buy a vacuum cleaner (Hoover).
- 昨天我用吸尘机打扫了房间Yesterday, I cleaned the room with a vacuum cleaner (Hoover).
- 我需要买一个新的吸尘器。I need to buy a new vacuum cleaner.
- 吸尘器在哪里？Xīchénqì zài nǎlǐ?Where is the vacuum cleaner?
- 这个吸尘器非常好用。Zhège xīchénqì fēicháng hǎoyòng.This vacuum cleaner is very easy to use.
Example conversation
A couple is cleaning their living room together.
- 俊杰 Junjie晓雯，吸尘器坏了吗？Xiǎowén, xīchénqì huài le ma?Xiaowen, is the vacuum cleaner broken?
- 晓雯 Xiaowen不是，只是没电了。Búshì, zhǐshì méi diàn le.No, it just ran out of battery.
- 俊杰 Junjie那我先去充电。Nà wǒ xiān qù chōngdiàn.Then I will go charge it first.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen好的，谢谢你，俊杰。Hǎo de, xièxiè nǐ, Jùnjié.Okay, thank you, Junjie.
