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演播厅 (yǎn bō tīng) — (broadcasting) studio

Definition

noun
(broadcasting) studio
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 演播厅。
    Wǒ men zhèng zài yǎn bō tīng lǐ lù zhì jié mù.
    We are recording a program in the studio.
  • 演播厅。
    Zhè zuò yǎn bō tīng kě yǐ róng nà sān bǎi míng guān zhòng.
    This studio can accommodate 300 audience members.
  • 演播厅。
    Xīn wén zhí bō zài èr hào yǎn bō tīng jìn xíng.
    The live news broadcast is taking place in Studio 2.

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.

演播broadcast
演yǎnperform播bōbroadcast
联合Coordinate
厅tīnghall

演 means perform, 播 means broadcast, and 厅 means hall, together naming a hall for performing and broadcasting.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →

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shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
番
番fān播bō
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.

Open 播 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廳; 厅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎnghouse
Sound part声符shēngfú
聽
聽tīng廳tīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 廳 pairs 广 (house) with 聽, which gives the sound; the simplified 厅 is a shorthand and its parts are not the original ones.

Open 厅 →
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