播音室 (bō yīn shì) — broadcasting studio

Definition

noun

broadcasting studio

Measure word · 间

播音室。
Tā zài bō yīn shì lǐ zhǔn bèi jīn tiān de xīn wén gǎo.
He is preparing today's news script in the broadcasting studio.
播音室，。
bō yīn shì De gé yīn xiào guǒ fēi cháng hǎo, wài miàn wán quán tīng bú dào shēng yīn.
The soundproofing in the broadcasting studio is very good; you can't hear anything from outside.
播音室。
Cān guān zhě bù yǔn xǔ jìn rù zhèng zài shǐ yòng de bō yīn shì.
Visitors are not allowed to enter the broadcasting studio while it is in use.

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.

播音broadcast sound

播bōbroadcast音yīnsound

动宾Verb + object

播音 (broadcast sound) + 室 (room) makes a room where broadcasting happens.

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.

扌番播

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

番

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.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

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.