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陈列室 (chén liè shì) — exhibition room; showroom

Definition

noun
exhibition roomshowroom
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 陈列室。
    Zhè ge chén liè shì lǐ zhǎn shì le hěn duō gǔ dài yì shù pǐn.
    This showroom displays many ancient artworks.
  • 陈列室，。
    Bó wù guǎn de chén liè shì zhèng zài zhuāng xiū, zàn shí guān bì.
    The exhibition hall of the museum is under renovation and temporarily closed.
  • 陈列室。
    Tā men huā le yí gè xià wǔ bù zhì chén liè shì.
    They spent an afternoon decorating the showroom.

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.

陈列display
陈chénlay out列lièarrange
联合Coordinate
室shìroom

陈列室 is a 室 (room) for 陈列 (display), a place where things are shown.

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 陳; 陈 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fùmound
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng陳chén
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 陳 pairs 阜 (mound) with 東 as a sound component.

Open 陈 →

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

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

Open 列 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

Open 室 →
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