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大酒店 (dà jiǔ diàn) — large hotel; grand hotel

Definition

noun
large hotelgrand hotel
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 大酒店。
    Zhè jiā dà jiǔ diàn de fú wù fēi cháng hǎo.
    The service at this grand hotel is excellent.
  • 大酒店。
    Tā men zhù zài shì zhōng xīn de yì jiā dà jiǔ diàn.
    They stayed at a large hotel in the city center.
  • 大酒店，。
    dà jiǔ diàn De cān tīng hěn yǒu míng, hěn duō rén lái chī fàn.
    The restaurant in the grand hotel is very famous; many people come to eat.

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.

大dàlarge
酒店hotel
酒jiǔalcohol店diànshop
偏正Modifier + head

大 means large and 酒店 is a hotel, so it is a large or grand hotel.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
酉
酉yǒu酒jiǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

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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
广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn店diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

店 shows 广, a house built to depend on a cliff, and 占, which gives the sound.

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