球馆 (qiú guǎn) — sports venue, arena (indoor court or hall for ball games)

Definition

noun
sports venuearena (indoor court or hall for ball games)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 球馆。
    Zhè ge qiú guǎn kě yǐ tóng shí jìn xíng sān chǎng bǐ sài.
    This arena can host three matches at the same time.
  • 球馆。
    Zhōu mò wǒ men qù xīn kāi de qiú guǎn dǎ yǔ máo qiú ba.
    Let's go play badminton at the newly opened sports hall this weekend.
  • 球馆，。
    Nà jiā qiú guǎn de chǎng dì hěn zhuān yè, dì bǎn dōu shì mù zhì de.
    That arena's courts are very professional; the floors are all wooden.

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.

球qiúball
馆guǎnhall

球馆 joins '球' (ball) and '馆' (hall), denoting a hall for ball games.

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

Open 馆 →

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