后舱 (hòu cāng) — rear cabin; aft compartment

Definition

noun
rear cabinaft compartment
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 后舱。
    Fēi jī de hòu cāng yì bān shì jīng jì cāng.
    The rear cabin of a plane is usually economy class.
  • 后舱，。
    hòu cāng De mén dǎ bù kāi le, qǐng tōng zhī jì shù rén yuán.
    The rear cabin door won't open, please notify the technician.
  • 后舱。
    Zhè sōu chuán de hòu cāng yòng lái cún fàng jiù shēng shè bèi.
    The aft compartment of this ship is used to store life-saving equipment.

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.

后hòurear
舱cāngcabin

后 means rear and 舱 is a cabin, so the rear compartment.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 艙; 舱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
舟舟zhōuboat
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng艙cāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 艙 has 舟 (boat) and 倉, and 倉 is used for the sound. The simplified 舱 is a later shorthand.

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