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教学楼 (jiào xué lóu) — teaching building, classroom building (on a campus)

Definition

noun
teaching buildingclassroom building (on a campus)
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 教学楼。
    Wǒ men de jiào xué lóu zài tú shū guǎn páng biān.
    Our teaching building is next to the library.
  • 教学楼。
    Zhè dòng jiào xué lóu yǒu èr shí jiān jiào shì.
    This teaching building has twenty classrooms.
  • 教学楼。
    Měi tiān zǎo chén wǒ dōu yào qù jiào xué lóu shàng kè.
    Every morning I have to go to the teaching building for class.

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.

教学teaching
教jiàoteach学xuélearn
联合Coordinate
楼lóubuilding

教学 refers to teaching and learning; 楼 is a building, so together they name a building for classes.

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
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樓; 楼 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
婁
婁lóu樓lóu
Same sound today

The traditional form 樓 pairs 木 (tree) with 婁 as its sound part; the simplified 楼 is a later shorthand.

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Buildings & StructuresSchool & Education

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