校门 (xiào mén) — school gate | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

school gate

Measure word · 个

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Měi tiān zǎo chén, wǒ dōu zài xiào mén qián děng péng you.
Every morning, I wait for friends at the school gate.
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Xué shēng men zài xiào mén wài miàn jí hé, zhǔn bèi chū fā.
The students gathered outside the school gate, ready to leave.
校门。
Zhè ge xué xiào de xiào mén xiū dé fēi cháng qì pài.
The gate of this school is built very grandly.

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.

校 (school) plus 门 (gate) gives the gate of a school.

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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