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工作室 (gōng zuò shì) — studio, workshop (for creative or professional work)

Definition

noun
studioworkshop (for creative or professional work)
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 工作室。
    Tā zài zhè ge gōng zuò shì lǐ pāi le hěn duō zhào piàn.
    He took many photos in this studio.
  • 工作室。
    Tā zài zì jǐ de gōng zuò shì lǐ shè jì fú zhuāng.
    She designs clothing in her own studio.
  • 工作室。
    Gōng sī lǐ yǒu yí gè zhuān mén zuò shì pín de gōng zuò shì.
    The company has a studio dedicated to making videos.

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.

工作work
工gōngwork作zuòdo
联合Coordinate
室shìroom

工作 gives the activity, 室 gives the room; together a studio or workshop.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

Open 作 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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