训练馆 (xùn liàn guǎn) — training center; training gymnasium

Definition

noun
training centertraining gymnasium
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 训练馆。
    Guó jiā duì de yùn dòng yuán měi tiān dōu zài xùn liàn guǎn lǐ kè kǔ xùn liàn.
    The national team athletes train hard in the training center every day.
  • 训练馆。
    Zhè ge xùn liàn guǎn pèi bèi le zuì xīn de tǐ yù shè shī.
    This training gym is equipped with the latest sports facilities.
  • 训练馆，。
    Cān guān wán xùn liàn guǎn hòu, dà jiā dōu hěn pèi fú yùn dòng yuán de yì lì.
    After touring the training center, everyone admired the athletes' perseverance.

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.

训练training
训xùntrain练liànpractice
联合Side by side
馆guǎnhall

‘训练’ means training and ‘馆’ means hall, together referring to a training center.

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

Open 训 →

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 練; 练 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
柬
柬jiǎn練liàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 練 has 糸, silk, and 柬, which gives the sound. The simplified 练 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not historical.

Open 练 →

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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