艺术馆 (yì shù guǎn) — art museum | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

art museum

Measure word · 个

Examples

艺术馆。
Zhè ge yì shù guǎn jīng cháng jǔ bàn dāng dài yì shù zhǎn lǎn.
This art museum often holds contemporary art exhibitions.
艺术馆。
Zuó tiān wǒ hé péng you yì qǐ cān guān le yì shù guǎn.
Yesterday my friend and I visited the art museum together.
艺术馆。
yì shù guǎn Lǐ shōu cáng le xǔ duō zhēn guì de yóu huà zuò pǐn.
The art museum houses many precious oil paintings.

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.

艺术art

艺yìart术shùtechnique

联合Coordinate

艺术 means art, and 馆 means hall, so it is a hall for art.

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.

艹乙艺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

乙

乙yǐ艺yì

Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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.

飠官館

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.

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