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双人床 (shuāng rén chuáng) — double bed

Definition

noun
double bed
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 双人床。
    Wǒ men zài jiā jù diàn mǎi le yì zhāng xīn shuāng rén chuáng.
    We bought a new double bed at the furniture store.
  • 双人床。
    Jiǔ diàn de shuāng rén chuáng fēi cháng shū fu.
    The double bed at the hotel is very comfortable.
  • 双人床。
    Zhè zhāng shuāng rén chuáng kě yǐ shuì liǎng gè rén.
    This double bed can sleep two people.

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.

双人for two people
双shuāngpair人rénperson
偏正Modifier + head
床chuángbed

双人 says two people, and 床 is bed; together they give a bed for two.

Characters in this word

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

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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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.

Open 人 →

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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Appears in
Furniture

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