门厅 (mén tīng) — entrance hall, vestibule | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

entrance hallvestibule

Measure word · 个

Examples

门厅，。
Kè rén yí jìn mén tīng, jiù bèi qiáng shàng de huà xī yǐn le.
As soon as the guests entered the entrance hall, they were attracted by the painting on the wall.
门厅。
mén tīng Lǐ fàng zhe yí miàn jìng zi hé yì bǎ sǎn jià.
There is a mirror and an umbrella stand in the entrance hall.
门厅，。
Zhè ge gōng yù de mén tīng suī rán bú dà, dàn shè jì dé hěn jīng zhì.
Although the entrance hall of this apartment is not big, it is designed very delicately.

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.

门 points to the entrance, and 厅 is the hall that forms the vestibule.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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 廳; 厅 is its simplified writing.

广聽廳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse

Sound part声符shēngfú

聽

聽tīng廳tīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廳 pairs 广 (house) with 聽, which gives the sound; the simplified 厅 is a shorthand and its parts are not the original ones.

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