殡仪馆 (bìn yí guǎn) — funeral parlor, funeral home

Definition

noun

funeral parlorfuneral home

Measure word · 家

Examples

殡仪馆。
Zuó tiān wǒ men qù bìn yí guǎn cān jiā le gào bié yí shì.
Yesterday we went to the funeral home to attend the farewell ceremony.
，殡仪馆。
Tā yé ye qù shì hòu, jiā rén bǎ yí tǐ sòng dào le bìn yí guǎn.
After his grandfather passed away, the family sent the body to the funeral parlor.
殡仪馆。
Zhè jiā bìn yí guǎn tí gōng yì tiáo lóng sāng zàng fú wù.
This funeral home offers a full range of funeral services.

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.

殡仪funeral rites

殡bìnfuneral仪yíceremony

偏正Modifier + head

馆guǎnhall

殡仪, funeral rites, joins with 馆, a hall, to mean a funeral home.

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 殯; 殡 is its simplified writing.

歹賓殯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

歹歹dǎi

Sound part声符shēngfú

賓

賓bīn殯bìn

Same sound today

The traditional form 殯 combines 歹 as the sense part and 賓 as the sound part.

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

亻義儀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

義

義yì儀yí

Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

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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.

飠官館

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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