The Chinese word 餐具 (cānjù), meaning "dining utensils" or "tableware", is a compound word formed by combining two meaningful characters: 餐 (cān), which means "meal" or "to eat", and 具 (jù), which means "tool" or "implement". Structurally, it follows a common modifier-head pattern in Chinese, where the first character 餐 specifies the category or purpose ("meal-related"), and the second character 具 provides the general class or category ("tool"). Thus, the compound logically and semantically denotes "tools for meals". This formation is analogous to English compounds like "dinnerware", where "dinner" modifies "ware".