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旅馆 (lǚ guǎn) — hotel

Definition

A common, mid-range word for 'hotel'. More casual than 酒店 (which often implies a nicer or chain hotel) and more everyday than 宾馆 (which suggests a guesthouse for official visitors).

noun
hotel
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 旅馆。
    Wǒ men zhù zài yì jiā lǚ guǎn lǐ.
    We stayed in a hotel.
  • 旅馆。
    Zhè jiā lǚ guǎn de zǎo fàn hěn hǎo chī.
    This hotel's breakfast is very tasty.
  • 旅馆。
    Tā měi tiān cóng lǚ guǎn zǒu dào gōng sī.
    He walks from the hotel to the office every day.

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.

旅lǚtravel
馆guǎnlodging place

“旅” (travel) and “馆” (lodging place) combine to mean a place for travelers to stay.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

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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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

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