单人床 (dān rén chuáng) — single bed

Definition

noun
single bed
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 单人床。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng xīn de dān rén chuáng.
    I bought a new single bed.
  • ，单人床。
    Zhè jiān fáng jiān hěn xiǎo, zhǐ néng fàng yì zhāng dān rén chuáng.
    This room is very small; it can only fit a single bed.
  • 单人床。
    Jiǔ diàn tí gōng dān rén chuáng hé shuāng rén chuáng liǎng zhǒng xuǎn zé.
    The hotel offers two options: a single bed and a double bed.

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.

单人single person
单dānsingle人rénperson
偏正Modifier + head
床chuángbed

单 and 人 mean single person, describing a bed for one.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

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