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纪念堂 (jì niàn táng) — memorial hall (a building dedicated to the memory of a notable person or event)

Definition

noun
memorial hall (a building dedicated to the memory of a notable person or event)
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 纪念堂。
    Měi nián dōu yǒu hěn duō rén qù cān guān zhōng shān jì niàn táng.
    Every year many people visit the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
  • 纪念堂，。
    Zhè zuò jì niàn táng jiàn yú èr shí shì jì chū qī, jù yǒu zhòng yào de lì shǐ yì yì.
    This memorial hall was built in the early 20th century and holds great historical significance.
  • 纪念堂，。
    Cān guān jì niàn táng shí, qǐng bǎo chí ān jìng.
    Please keep quiet when visiting the memorial hall.

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.

纪念commemoration
纪jìrecord/remember念niànthink of
联合Coordinate
堂tánghall

纪念 (commemoration) and 堂 (hall) together name a hall set aside for remembering someone or something.

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 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ紀jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

Open 纪 →

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

念 combines 今, an upside-down mouth, with 心, the heart, to listen to one's heart.

Open 念 →

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
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng堂táng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

堂 uses 土 as a ground/earth part and 尚 for sound.

Open 堂 →
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