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控制室 (kòng zhì shì) — control room

Definition

noun
control room
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 控制室。
    Gōng chéng shī zǒu jìn le kòng zhì shì.
    The engineer walked into the control room.
  • 控制室。
    kòng zhì shì Lǐ pèi bèi le duō kuài píng mù.
    The control room is equipped with multiple screens.
  • 控制室。
    Tuán duì zài kòng zhì shì lǐ jiān kòng le sān gè xiǎo shí.
    The team monitored the process in the control room for three hours.

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.

控制control
控kòngcontrol制zhìregulate
联合Coordinate
室shìroom

控制 gives the idea of regulating operations, and 室 gives the room, so the word names a control room.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
空
空kōng控kòng
Same sound today

The left part is 手 written as 扌, showing a hand; the right part 空 gives the sound.

Open 控 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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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
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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