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体育馆 (tǐ yù guǎn) — gymnasium, stadium

Definition

An indoor sports building for games, gymnastics, and swimming. More specific than 体育 ('sports' as a topic) and refers to a place, unlike the general sports venue 场馆.

noun
gymnasiumstadium
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体育馆。
    Wǒ měi tiān qù tǐ yù guǎn yóu yǒng.
    I go to the gym to swim every day.
  • 体育馆。
    Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu yí gè xīn tǐ yù guǎn.
    Our school has a new gymnasium.
  • 体育馆。
    Tā xīng qī tiān zài tǐ yù guǎn lǐ hé péng you dǎ qiú.
    He plays ball with friends at the gym on Sunday.

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.

体育sports
体tǐbody育yùcultivate
偏正Modifier + head
馆guǎnhall

体育 (body-cultivation) and 馆 (hall) name a hall for sports.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 育 →

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

Open 馆 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 3Sports & Athletics

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