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隔离室 (gé lí shì) — isolation room, quarantine room

Definition

noun
isolation roomquarantine room
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 隔离室。
    Bìng rén bì xū bèi sòng dào gé lí shì lǐ guān chá.
    The patient must be sent to the isolation room for observation.
  • 隔离室。
    Yī yuàn zhuān mén shè lì le wǔ gè gé lí shì yìng duì yì qíng.
    The hospital set up five isolation rooms specifically to deal with the epidemic.
  • 隔离室。
    Jìn rù gé lí shì qián yào chuān shàng fáng hù fú.
    You need to put on protective gear before entering the isolation room.

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.

隔离isolate
隔géseparate离líleave
联合Coordinate
室shìroom

隔离 means to separate; 室 names a room, so the word is a room for separation.

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
阝Written in full as阜fùwall
Sound part声符shēngfú
鬲
鬲gé隔gé
Same sound today

隔 puts 阝, a wall, with 鬲, which gives the sound gé, to show separating with a wall.

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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 離; 离 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuībird
Sound part声符shēngfú
离
离lí離lí
Same sound today

The traditional form 離 pairs 隹, a bird, with the sound part 离; the simplified 离 is a shorthand. This form first wrote a black-naped oriole, and the sound was borrowed for 'leave'.

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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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

Open 室 →
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Hospital & ClinicRooms & Spaces

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