北站 (běi zhàn) — North Station (a railway or bus station in the northern part of a city)

Definition

noun
North Station (a railway or bus station in the northern part of a city)

Examples

  • 北站。
    Wǒ míng tiān yào qù běi zhàn zuò huǒ chē.
    I'm going to North Station tomorrow to take the train.
  • 北站。
    Wǒ men zài běi zhàn chū kǒu jiàn miàn ba.
    Let's meet at the exit of North Station.
  • 北站。
    běi zhàn Fù jìn yǒu hěn duō shāng diàn.
    There are many shops near North Station.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

北běinorth
站zhànstation

北 gives 'north' and 站 gives 'station', together naming a station in the north.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 北 shows two people standing back to back. It originally meant 'back'.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

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