邻座 (lín zuò) — adjacent seat; the person in an adjacent seat

Definition

noun

adjacent seatthe person in an adjacent seat

Measure word · 个

邻座。
Wǒ de lín zuò shì kōng de.
My adjacent seat is empty.
，邻座。
Zài huǒ chē shàng, lín zuò shì yí wèi nián qīng rén.
On the train, the person in the adjacent seat is a young person.
邻座。
lín zuò De chéng kè yì zhí zài dǎ diàn huà.
The passenger in the adjacent seat has been on the phone the whole time.

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.

邻línadjacent

邻 means adjacent, and 座 means seat, so it denotes the next seat or person there.

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 鄰; 邻 is its simplified writing.

粦阝鄰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as邑yì

Sound part声符shēngfú

粦

粦lín鄰lín

Same sound today

The traditional form 鄰 pairs 粦 (lín) as the sound part with 阝 (the full form 邑, a settlement) as the meaning part; 邻 is a simplified shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

广坐座

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse on cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

坐

Same sound today

座 pairs 广, a house on a cliff, with 坐 to give the sound.