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进屋 (jìn wū) — to enter a room or house; to come/go inside

Definition

verb
to enter a room or houseto come/go inside

Examples

  • 进屋。
    Qǐng jìn wū.
    Please come in.
  • 进屋。
    Tā yí jìn wū jiù kàn dào le lǐ wù.
    As soon as he entered the room, he saw the gift.
  • ，进屋。
    Wài miàn lěng, kuài jìn wū ba.
    It's cold outside, come inside quickly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

进jìnenter
屋wūroom

进 gives enter, and 屋 gives room, so the action is entering a room or house.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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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
室室shìroom
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡉉
𡉉𡉉屋wū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

屋 comes from 室, meaning room, with 𡉉 for sound; its upper part later changed into an unrelated shape.

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Appears in
Home & Housing

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