营房 (yíng fáng) — barracks (military accommodation)

Definition

noun

barracks (military accommodation)

Measure word · 座

Examples

营房。
Shì bīng men zhù zài yíng fáng lǐ.
The soldiers live in barracks.
营房。
Zhè piàn yíng fáng yǐ jīng yǒu wǔ shí nián de lì shǐ le.
These barracks have a history of fifty years.
营房。
Bù duì zhèng zài xiū jiàn xīn de yíng fáng.
The military is building new barracks.

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.

营yíngcamp

房fánghouse

营 names a camp, and 房 names buildings.

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宮宮gōngpalace

Sound part声符shēngfú

熒

熒yíng營yíng

Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →

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.

Open 房 →

Appears in

Military & Defense