浴池 (yù chí) — common bathing pool (in a public bathhouse); public bathhouse

Definition

noun
common bathing pool (in a public bathhouse)public bathhouse
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Examples

  • 浴池
    Zhè ge yù chí hěn dà, kě yǐ tóng shí róng nà hěn duō rén.
    This public bath is very big and can accommodate many people at once.
  • 浴池
    Tā měi tiān xià bān hòu dōu qù yù chí xǐ zǎo.
    He goes to the public bathhouse to bathe after work every day.
  • 浴池
    Zhè jiā yù chí de lì shǐ yǐ jīng yǒu yì bǎi duō nián le.
    This public bathhouse has a history of over a hundred years.

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.

bathing

浴 (bathing) and 池 (pool) form a pool used for bathing.

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
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asshuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
chí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

池 pairs 氵 (water) with 也, which provides the sound.

Open 池 →

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