蜡像馆 (là xiàng guǎn) — wax museum | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wax museum

Measure word · 个

Examples

蜡像馆，。
Wǒ zuó tiān qù cān guān le là xiàng guǎn, lǐ miàn yǒu hěn duō míng rén là xiàng.
I visited a wax museum yesterday; there are many celebrity wax figures inside.
蜡像馆，。
Zhè ge là xiàng guǎn de là xiàng zuò dé fēi cháng bī zhēn, jī hū hé zhēn rén yí yàng.
The wax figures in this museum are extremely lifelike, almost like real people.
，蜡像馆。
Rú guǒ nǐ qù lún dūn, yí dìng yào qù dù shā fū rén là xiàng guǎn kàn kàn.
If you go to London, be sure to visit Madame Tussauds wax museum.

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.

蜡像wax figure

蜡làwax像xiàngfigure

偏正Modifier + head

蜡像馆 combines 蜡 (wax) and 像 (figure) into a wax figure, then 馆 (hall) names the place.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蠟; 蜡 is its simplified writing.

虫巤蠟

Meaning part形符xíngfú

虫虫chónginsect

Sound part声符shēngfú

巤

巤liè蠟là

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 蠟 has 虫 (insect) and 巤 (sound); the simplified 蜡 is a shorthand.

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

亻象像

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

象

Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving 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 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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