接待室 (jiē dài shì) — reception room

Definition

noun
reception room
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 接待室，。
    Qǐng dào jiē dài shì děng hòu, wǒ mǎ shàng qù tōng zhī jīng lǐ.
    Please wait in the reception room; I'll go notify the manager right away.
  • 接待室。
    Gōng sī de dà lóu lǐ yǒu yì jiān hěn dà de jiē dài shì.
    There is a large reception room in the company building.
  • 接待室。
    Kè rén yǐ jīng zài jiē dài shì lǐ hē kā fēi le.
    The guests are already drinking coffee in the reception room.

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.

接待receive
接jiēreceive待dàitreat
联合Side by side
室shìroom

接 means receive and 待 means treat, and 室 means room, giving a room for receiving guests.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
妾
妾qiè接jiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chì
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì待dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

待 is built from 彳 on the left and 寺 on the right; 彳 is tied to the meaning, and 寺 gives the sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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