官邸 (guān dǐ) — official residence (for high-ranking officials,…

Definition

Refers to the formal, state-provided residence of a high-ranking official (e.g. president, ambassador). Paired with the measure word 座.

noun

official residence (for high-ranking officials, ambassadors, heads of state, etc.)

Measure word · 座

官邸。
Zǒng tǒng guān dǐ wèi yú chéng shì zhōng xīn.
The presidential official residence is located in the city center.
官邸。
Dà shǐ guān dǐ zuó tiān jǔ xíng le huān yíng yàn huì.
The ambassador's official residence held a welcome banquet yesterday.
官邸。
Zhèng fǔ jué dìng xīn jiàn yí chù guān dǐ gòng wài jiāo guān shǐ yòng.
The government decided to build a new official residence for diplomats to use.

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.

邸dǐresidence

官 means official and 邸 means residence, together they denote an official residence.

Characters in this word

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

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

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

⻏Written in full as邑yìsettlement

Sound part声符shēngfú

氐

氐dī邸dǐ

Same sound today

邸 pairs ⻏, a form of 邑 meaning settlement, with 氐 for its sound. It named a building where visiting lords stayed, hence a residence.

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