候机室 (hòu jī shì) — airport lounge | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

airport lounge

Measure word · 间

Examples

，候机室。
Wǒ men de háng bān hái yǒu liǎng gè xiǎo shí cái qǐ fēi, xiān qù hòu jī shì xiū xi yí xià ba.
Our flight doesn't take off for another two hours, let's go rest in the airport lounge first.
候机室，。
Zhè jiān hòu jī shì fēi cháng ān jìng, yǒu bù shǎo shū shì de shā fā.
This airport lounge is very quiet and has plenty of comfortable sofas.
候机室？
Qǐng wèn tóu děng cāng de hòu jī shì zài nǎ ge fāng xiàng?
Excuse me, which direction is the first-class lounge?

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.

候机wait for a plane

候hòuwait机jīplane

动宾Verb + object

候机 waiting for a plane and 室 room together name a room for waiting to board.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

矦

矦hóu候hòu

Same sound today

候 combines 亻, relating to people, with 矦, which gives the sound.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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

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.

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