市政厅 (shì zhèng tīng) — town hall | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

town hall

Measure word · 座

Examples

市政厅。
shì zhèng tīng Zài shì zhōng xīn guǎng chǎng páng biān.
The town hall is next to the central square.
市政厅。
Shì mín men qù shì zhèng tīng cān jiā kàng yì huó dòng.
The citizens went to the town hall to join the protest.
市政厅。
Zhè zuò shì zhèng tīng jiàn yú shí jiǔ shì jì mò.
This town hall was built at the end of the 19th century.

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.

市政municipal government

市shìcity政zhènggovernment

偏正Modifier + head

市 city, 政 government, and 厅 hall combine to name a city government 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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

攴攴pūaction

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng政zhèng

Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

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.

Appears in

Government & Politics Public Facilities

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