花园 (huā yuán) — garden | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

花园 (huāyuán) is a 'flower garden' — a planted area, often in or near a home. An 院子 is an open courtyard next to a house (may have no plants); 园林 is a large designed landscape garden.

noun

garden

Measure word · 座, 个

Examples

花园。
Wǒ jiā hòu miàn yǒu yí gè xiǎo huā yuán.
There is a small garden behind my house.
。
Wǒ měi tiān zài huā yuán lǐ kàn shū.
I read in the garden every day.
花园。
Zhè ge gōng yuán lǐ yǒu yí gè dà huā yuán.
There is a big garden in this park.

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.

'花' means flower and '园' means garden, so the word names a place planted with flowers.

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.

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

囗元园

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán园yuán

Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

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