展台 (zhǎn tái) — display counter; exhibition stand; booth

Definition

noun

display counterexhibition standbooth

Measure word · 个

展台。
Tā men zài zhǎn tái shàng zhǎn shì xīn chǎn pǐn.
They display new products on the exhibition stand.
展台。
Zhè ge zhǎn tái de shè jì hěn xī yǐn rén.
The design of this booth is very attractive.
展台。
Měi gè gōng sī dōu yǒu zì jǐ de zhǎn tái.
Every company has its own booth.

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.

台táiplatform

展 refers to display, and 台 is a platform or stand for it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𧝑

𧝑𧝑展zhǎn

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

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

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