庭院 (tíng yuàn) — courtyard, patio | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

courtyardpatio

Measure word · 个

Examples

庭院。
Zhè dòng fáng zi hòu miàn yǒu yí gè piào liang de tíng yuàn.
There is a beautiful courtyard behind this house.
庭院。
Xià tiān wǒ men xǐ huan zài tíng yuàn lǐ chéng liáng.
In summer, we like to cool off in the courtyard.
庭院。
tíng yuàn De dì miàn pù le qīng shí bǎn.
The courtyard floor is paved with bluestone slabs.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

庭tíngcourtyard

The 庭 courtyard and 院 yard both point to open space around a house, together meaning a courtyard.

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.

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

阝完院

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

完

完wán院yuàn

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

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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