校舍 (xiào shè) — school building, schoolhouse

Definition

noun

school buildingschoolhouse

Measure word · 座

。
Xué shēng men dōu zhù zài xiào shè lǐ.
The students all live in the school dormitory.
校舍。
Xīn de xiào shè qù nián jiàn chéng le.
The new school building was completed last year.
校舍。
Zhè suǒ xiào shè yǐ jīng yǒu wǔ shí nián de lì shǐ le.
This school building has a history of fifty years.

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.

舍shèbuilding

'校' means school and '舍' means building, so the word denotes a school building.

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.

木交校

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

交

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

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

余

余yú舍shè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

舍 is 余 plus 口. 余 was the original picture for this word, and 口 was later added to distinguish it.

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