庭审 (tíng shěn) — court hearing, trial (in court) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

court hearingtrial (in court)

Measure word · 场

Examples

庭审。
Fǎ yuàn de tíng shěn yǐ jīng jié shù le.
The court hearing has already ended.
庭审。
Wǒ men páng tīng le jīn tiān de tíng shěn.
We sat in on today's court hearing.
庭审。
Zhè cì tíng shěn chí xù le sān gè xiǎo shí.
This hearing lasted three hours.

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.

审shěnhearing

“庭” names the court and “审” the hearing, together giving a court trial.

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.

广廷庭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

廷

廷tíng庭tíng

Same sound today

庭 combines 广 with 廷. The 廷 part gives the sound, and 广 is the meaning part.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

宀釆田審

宀宀miánroof
釆釆biànto distinguish
田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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