音乐室 (yīn yuè shì) — music room | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

music room

Measure word · 间

音乐室。
Wǒ men xué xiào de yīn yuè shì hěn dà.
Our school's music room is very big.
音乐室。
Tā měi tiān xià wǔ dōu zài yīn yuè shì liàn gāng qín.
She practices piano in the music room every afternoon.
音乐室。
yīn yuè shì Lǐ yǒu yí jià gāng qín hé hěn duō yuè qì.
There is a piano and many instruments in the music room.

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.

音乐music

联合Coordinate

“音” and “乐” together mean music, and “室” is a room, so this is a room for music.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 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.

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

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.

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