长廊 (cháng láng) — (n.) long covered corridor or gallery; (proper…

Definition

A 长廊 is a long, roofed walkway or gallery connecting buildings or lining a garden — think palace corridors, temple walkways, museum halls.

noun

(n.) long covered corridor or gallery(proper n.) the Long Corridor (at the Summer Palace, Beijing)

Measure word · 条

长廊。
Yí hé yuán de cháng láng quán cháng qī bǎi duō mǐ.
The Long Corridor of the Summer Palace is over seven hundred meters long.
长廊。
Zhè zuò lǎo fáng zi yǒu yí gè hěn měi dì cháng láng.
This old house has a very beautiful long corridor.
长廊。
Měi shù guǎn de cháng láng lǐ zhèng zài jǔ bàn shè yǐng zhǎn.
The gallery hall of the art museum is holding a photography exhibition.

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.

长 means long and 廊 means corridor, so it names a long covered walkway.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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

广郎廊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

郎

Same sound today

廊 is made of 广 and 郎; 广 is the part used for sheltered buildings, and 郎 gives the sound.

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