放映室 (fàng yìng shì) — projection room, screening room | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

projection roomscreening room

Measure word · 间

Examples

放映室。
Wǒ men zài fàng yìng shì lǐ kàn diàn yǐng.
We watch movies in the projection room.
放映室。
Tā zài fàng yìng shì lǐ fàng diàn yǐng.
He projects films in the screening room.
放映室。
Zhè ge fàng yìng shì zài èr lóu.
This projection room is on the second floor.

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.

放映show a film

放fàngproject映yìngscreen

联合Coordinate

放映 means to show or project a film, and 室 is a room, so together they name a screening room.

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.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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

日央映

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

央

央yāng映yìng

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

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

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

宀至室

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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