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展览馆 (zhǎn lǎn guǎn) — exhibition center, exhibition hall

Definition

noun
exhibition centerexhibition hall
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 展览馆。
    Zhè ge zhǎn lǎn guǎn zhèng zài jǔ bàn yì chǎng guó jì huà zhǎn.
    This exhibition center is hosting an international painting exhibition.
  • 展览馆。
    Míng tiān wǒ men yì qǐ qù zhǎn lǎn guǎn kàn kē jì zhǎn ba.
    Let's go to the exhibition hall to see the tech expo tomorrow.
  • 展览馆。
    zhǎn lǎn guǎn De kāi fàng shí jiān shì shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn dào xià wǔ wǔ diǎn.
    The opening hours of the exhibition center are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

展览exhibition
展zhǎndisplay览lǎnview
联合Coordinate
馆guǎnhall

展 and 览 together mean showing and viewing, and 馆 is a hall for such events.

Characters in this word

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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧝑
𧝑𧝑展zhǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

Open 展 →

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 覽; 览 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
監
監jiān覽lǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 覽 uses 見, meaning see, for the sense and 監 for the sound; the simplified 览 is a later shorthand.

Open 览 →

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

Open 馆 →
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