西侧 (xī cè) — west side | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

west side

Examples

西侧。
Jiàn zhù wù xī cè yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo hé.
There is a small river on the west side of the building.
西侧。
Guǎng chǎng de xī cè shì bó wù guǎn.
The museum is on the west side of the square.
西侧。
Wǒ men jì huà zài gōng yuán xī cè jiàn yí gè tíng chē chǎng.
We plan to build a parking lot on the west side of the 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.

西 means west and 侧 means side, so it names the side that is west.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 側; 侧 is its simplified writing.

亻則側

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

則

則zé側cè

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 側 has 亻, a person, and uses 則 to show its sound. The simplified 侧 is a later shorthand.

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