会计室 (kuài jì shì) — accounting office

Definition

noun
accounting office
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 会计室。
    Tā měi tiān zài kuài jì shì gōng zuò.
    She works in the accounting office every day.
  • 会计室〇。
    kuài jì shì De mén pái hào shì sān líng liù.
    The room number of the accounting office is 306.
  • 会计室。
    Bào xiāo dān jù yào jiāo dào kuài jì shì.
    Reimbursement receipts must be submitted to the accounting office.

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.

会计accounting
会huìaggregate计jìcalculate
联合Side by side
室shìroom

会计 means accounting and 室 is a room; a 会计室 is an accounting office.

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

Open 计 →

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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