套间 (tào jiān) — apartment; flat; suite (in a hotel)

Definition

noun
apartmentflatsuite (in a hotel)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 套间
    Tā men zū le yí gè liǎng shì yì tīng de tào jiān.
    They rented a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.
  • 套间
    Zhè jiā jiǔ diàn yǒu háo huá tào jiān, kě yǐ kàn dào hǎi jǐng.
    This hotel has deluxe suites with ocean views.
  • Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí tào tào jiān, lí gōng sī jìn yì diǎn.
    I want to buy an apartment that's closer to the office.

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.

套 'set' and 间 'room' together refer to a suite or connected room.

Characters in this word

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

  • large
  • chánglong

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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