饭厅 (fàn tīng) — dining room, dining hall | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dining roomdining hall

Measure word · 间

Examples

饭厅。
Wǒ men zài fàn tīng chī wǎn fàn.
We eat dinner in the dining room.
饭厅。
fàn tīng Lǐ yǒu yì zhāng hěn dà de zhuō zi.
There is a very big table in the dining room.
，饭厅。
Kè rén lái le, wǒ men qù fàn tīng chī fàn.
The guests have arrived, let's go to the dining room to eat.

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.

饭 (meal) and 厅 (hall) combine to mean a hall for meals.

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 飯; 饭 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

食食shífood

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn飯fàn

Same sound today

The traditional form 飯 combines 食 (food) with 反 for the sound; the simplified 饭 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical form.

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 廳; 厅 is its simplified writing.

广聽廳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse

Sound part声符shēngfú

聽

聽tīng廳tīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廳 pairs 广 (house) with 聽, which gives the sound; the simplified 厅 is a shorthand and its parts are not the original ones.

Appears in

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.