蜂房 (fēng fáng) — beehive; honeycomb cell | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

beehivehoneycomb cell

Measure word · 个

Examples

蜂房。
Yǎng fēng rén bǎ fēng fáng fàng zài huā yuán lǐ.
The beekeeper placed the beehive in the garden.
蜂房。
Měi gè fēng fáng lǐ dōu zhù zhe chéng qiān shàng wàn zhī mì fēng.
Each beehive houses tens of thousands of bees.
蜂房。
Mì fēng yòng fēng là jiàn zào fēng fáng.
Bees build honeycomb cells with beeswax.

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.

蜂 (bee) and 房 (room) combine to mean a bee's room, a honeycomb cell.

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.

虫夆蜂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

虫虫chónginsect

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng蜂fēng

Same sound today

蜂 puts 虫, showing an insect, beside 夆, which gives its 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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