花房 (huā fáng) — greenhouse, garden house | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

greenhousegarden house

Measure word · 个

Examples

花房。
Zhè ge huā fáng lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō rè dài zhí wù.
This greenhouse grows many tropical plants.
，花房。
Dōng tiān de shí hou, huā nóng huì bǎ huā bān dào huā fáng lǐ guò dōng.
In winter, flower farmers move the flowers into the greenhouse to overwinter.
花房。
Tā jiā de huā fáng shì yòng bō li hé gāng cái jiàn chéng de.
His family's greenhouse is built with glass and steel.

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.

花房 joins 花 (flower) and 房 (room) to name a room for growing 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng房fáng

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

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