套房 (tào fáng) — suite (of rooms) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

suite (of rooms)

Measure word · 套

套房。
Wǒ men dìng le yì jiān tào fáng.
We booked a suite.
。
Zhè tào tào fáng de miàn jī hěn dà.
This suite has a large area.
套房。
Gōng sī zū le yì jiān tào fáng zuò wéi huì yì shì.
The company rented a suite as a meeting room.

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.

套 conveys a set or matching group, and 房 is the room or dwelling, together meaning a suite.

Characters in this word

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

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

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

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

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