面包房 (miàn bāo fáng) — bakery | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bakery

Measure word · 家

Examples

面包房。
Jiē jiǎo xīn kāi le yì jiā miàn bāo fáng.
A new bakery opened on the street corner.
面包房。
Zhè jiā miàn bāo fáng de miàn bāo yòu xīn xiān yòu hǎo chī.
The bread at this bakery is both fresh and delicious.
面包房。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu qù miàn bāo fáng mǎi zǎo cān.
I go to the bakery every morning to buy breakfast.

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.

面包bread

面miànflour包bāobun

偏正Modifier + head

面包 is bread and 房 is a room or shop, giving a place for bread.

Characters in this word

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

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

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng房fáng

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

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