住所 (zhù suǒ) — residence, domicile | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

residencedomicile

Measure word · 处

Examples

住所。
Tā de zhù suǒ zài chéng shì zhōng xīn.
His residence is in the city center.
住所？
Nǐ tián xiě de zhù suǒ shì nǎ ge chéng shì?
Which city is the residence you filled in?
住所。
Zhè ge zhù suǒ yǐ jīng zū chū qù le.
This residence has already been rented out.

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.

住 “dwell” and 所 “place” make a place where one lives.

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.

亻主住

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ住zhù

Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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

戶斤所

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

戶

戶hù所suǒ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

所 pairs 斤, an axe, with 戶, which gives the sound hù; the old meaning was the sound of logging.

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