教练席 (jiào liàn xí) — coach's bench, coaching area (in sports)

Definition

Designated sideline area in a sport where the coaching staff sit or stand — physically the bench and the space around it. Not the dressing room or the stands.

noun
coach's benchcoaching area (in sports)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 。
    Zhǔ jiào liàn zuò zài jiào liàn xí shàng zhǐ huī bǐ sài.
    The head coach sat on the bench directing the game.
  • 教练席。
    Cái pàn zǒu dào jiào liàn xí páng biān gēn jiào liàn shuō huà.
    The referee walked over to the coaching area and spoke with the coach.
  • 教练席。
    Qiú yuán men huí dào jiào liàn xí xiū xi.
    The players returned to the bench to rest.

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.

教练coach
教jiàoteach练liàntrain
联合Side by side
席xíseat

教 means teach and 练 means train; 席 means a seat, giving a coach's bench.

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 練; 练 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
柬
柬jiǎn練liàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 練 has 糸, silk, and 柬, which gives the sound. The simplified 练 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not historical.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

席 originally showed a woven mat with an ornament. In 席, the mat became 巾, and a later sound part was written as 庶.

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