沙发床 (shā fā chuáng) — sofa bed; studio couch

Definition

noun

sofa bedstudio couch

Measure word · 张

沙发床。
Wǒ jiā de shā fā chuáng kě yǐ biàn chéng yì zhāng dà chuáng.
The sofa bed in my home can turn into a big bed.
沙发床。
Kè rén lái le jiù shuì zài shā fā chuáng shàng.
When guests come, they sleep on the sofa bed.
沙发床。
Zhè ge shā fā chuáng yòu shū fu yòu shí yòng.
This sofa bed is both comfortable and practical.

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.

沙发sofa

音译Transliteration

沙发 is a loan spelling for sofa, and 床 means bed, naming a bed that is also a sofa.

Characters in this word

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

沙 puts 少 (dots) beside 水 (water), showing sand on a shoreline.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

广木床

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.