广播室 (guǎng bō shì) — broadcasting room, studio

Definition

noun
broadcasting roomstudio
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 广播室。
    Tā měi tiān zài guǎng bō shì lǐ gōng zuò.
    He works in the broadcasting room every day.
  • 广播室。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn wén jiàn sòng dào guǎng bō shì.
    Please deliver this document to the broadcasting room.
  • 广播室。
    guǎng bō shì De shè bèi dōu shì zuì xīn de.
    The equipment in the broadcasting room is all the latest.

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.

广播broadcast
广guǎngwide播bōdisseminate
偏正Modifier + head
室shìroom

The wide dissemination in “广播” describes the room in “室”.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
番
番fān播bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

播 is built from 扌, a hand radical, plus 番 as a sound part. The hand part marks it as something done by hand.

Open 播 →

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.

Open 室 →

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