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演播室 (yǎn bō shì) — television studio; broadcast studio

Definition

noun
television studiobroadcast studio
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 演播室，。
    Tā zài yǎn bō shì gōng zuò, měi tiān dōu hěn máng.
    He works at a television studio and is busy every day.
  • 演播室，。
    Zhè ge yǎn bō shì hěn dà, kě yǐ tóng shí lù sān gè jié mù.
    This studio is very large; it can record three programs at the same time.
  • 演播室。
    Míng tiān zǎo shàng bā diǎn dào yǎn bō shì jí hé.
    Gather at the studio tomorrow at 8 a.m.

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
室shìroom

演播 means broadcast, 室 means room; together they denote a studio.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
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.

Open 室 →
Appears in
Film & Theater

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