库房 (kù fáng) — storehouse, storeroom | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

storehousestoreroom

Measure word · 间

库房。
Gōng sī yǒu yí gè hěn dà de kù fáng.
The company has a very large storeroom.
库房。
Zhè xiē dōng xī dōu fàng zài kù fáng lǐ.
These things are all placed in the storeroom.
库房。
Gōng rén cóng kù fáng lǐ bān chū le hěn duō xiāng zi.
The workers moved many boxes out of the storeroom.

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.

库kùstorage

Storage room names a storehouse or storeroom.

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

广車庫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎngbuilding

Sound part声符shēngfú

車

車jū庫kù

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

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

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

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