检验室 (jiǎn yàn shì) — testing laboratory, inspection room

Definition

noun
testing laboratoryinspection room
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 检验室。
    Tā men zhèng zài jiǎn yàn shì lǐ jiǎn chá chǎn pǐn zhì liàng.
    They are inspecting product quality in the testing laboratory.
  • 检验室。
    Yī yuàn lǐ de jiǎn yàn shì shè bèi dōu hěn xiān jìn.
    The equipment in the hospital's testing lab is very advanced.
  • 检验室。
    Xué xiào bǎ jiù jiào shì gǎi chéng le jiǎn yàn shì.
    The school turned an old classroom into a testing laboratory.

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.

检验check and test
检jiǎncheck验yàntest
联合Side by side
室shìroom

检验 joins checking and testing, and 室 is a room, naming a testing 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

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 驗; 验 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān驗yàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 驗 pairs 馬 (horse) with 僉 for sound; the simplified 验 is a later abbreviation.

Open 验 →

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.

Open 室 →

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