收容所 (shōu róng suǒ) — shelter (for refugees, homeless people, or disaster victims)

Definition

noun
shelter (for refugees, homeless people, or disaster victims)

Examples

  • ，收容所。
    Zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, xǔ duō nàn mín bèi ān zhì zài lín shí shōu róng suǒ lǐ.
    After the war ended, many refugees were placed in temporary shelters.
  • 收容所。
    Zhè zuò shōu róng suǒ jiē shōu le shàng bǎi míng wú jiā kě guī de rén.
    This shelter has taken in hundreds of homeless people.
  • 收容所。
    Zhèng fǔ bō kuǎn kuò jiàn le sān suǒ xīn de shōu róng suǒ.
    The government allocated funds to expand and build three new shelters.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

收容take in
收shōureceive容róngcontain
联合Side by side
所suǒplace

收容 take in and 所 place combine to mean a place that receives and holds people.

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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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mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
公
公gōng容róng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 容, the 宀 (roof) part points to holding or containing, and 公 gives the sound.

Open 容 →

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
斤斤jīnaxe
Sound part声符shēngfú
戶
戶hù所suǒ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

所 pairs 斤, an axe, with 戶, which gives the sound hù; the old meaning was the sound of logging.

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