试衣间 (shì yī jiān) — fitting room, changing room | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fitting roomchanging room

Measure word · 间

Examples

试衣间。
Wǒ zài shì yī jiān lǐ shì yī fu.
I tried on clothes in the fitting room.
试衣间。
Zhè jiā diàn de shì yī jiān hěn dà.
The fitting room in this store is very big.
试衣间。
Qǐng bǎ yī fu ná dào shì yī jiān qù.
Please take the clothes to the fitting room.

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.

试衣try clothes

试shìtry衣yīclothes

动宾Verb + object

试衣间 uses 试衣 'try clothes' and 间 'room' to mean a fitting room.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

式shì試shì

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 衣 comes from an outline of the chest and upper clothing.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

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