宴会厅 (yàn huì tīng) — banquet hall | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

banquet hall

Measure word · 个

Examples

宴会厅。
Wǒ men zài zhè ge yàn huì tīng jǔ bàn hūn lǐ.
We are holding the wedding in this banquet hall.
宴会厅。
yàn huì tīng Lǐ kě yǐ róng nà wǔ bǎi rén.
The banquet hall can hold 500 people.
宴会厅。
Gōng sī nián huì zài jiǔ diàn de dà yàn huì tīng jǔ xíng.
The company's annual party was held in the hotel's big banquet hall.

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.

宴会banquet

宴yànfeast会huìgathering

偏正Modifier + head

厅tīnghall

宴 (feast) and 会 (gathering) make 宴会 (banquet), which sits in a 厅 (hall).

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀妟宴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

妟

妟yàn宴

Same sound today

宴 has 宀, a roof, above 妟, which shows a woman and the sun. 妟 also supplies the sound, and the whole shape pictures a woman under a roof with sunlight.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

合合héto meet

Sound part声符shēngfú

𡆧

𡆧𡆧會huì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廳; 厅 is its simplified writing.

广聽廳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse

Sound part声符shēngfú

聽

聽tīng廳tīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廳 pairs 广 (house) with 聽, which gives the sound; the simplified 厅 is a shorthand and its parts are not the original ones.

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