纪念馆 (jì niàn guǎn) — memorial hall, commemorative museum | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

memorial hallcommemorative museum

Measure word · 个

Examples

纪念馆。
Wǒ men míng tiān qù cān guān lǔ xùn jì niàn guǎn.
We are going to visit the Lu Xun Memorial Hall tomorrow.
纪念馆。
Zhè zuò jì niàn guǎn lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhēn guì de lì shǐ zhào piàn.
This memorial hall has many precious historical photographs.
纪念馆。
Kàng zhàn jì niàn guǎn měi nián jiē dài shù bǎi wàn yóu kè.
The Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall receives millions of visitors each year.

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commemorate

纪jìremember念niànthink of

联合Coordinate

纪 “remember” and 念 “think of” form “commemorate”, and 馆 means “hall”.

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.

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

亼心念

亼今jīnupside-down mouth
心心xīnheart

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

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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