饭桌 (fàn zhuō) — dining table | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dining table

Measure word · 张

Examples

饭桌。
Wǒ men yì jiā rén wéi zuò zài fàn zhuō páng chī fàn.
Our whole family sits around the dining table to eat.
饭桌，。
Zhè ge fàn zhuō tài xiǎo le, fàng bú xià zhè me duō cài.
This dining table is too small to hold so many dishes.
饭桌，。
Xīn mǎi de fàn zhuō shì shí mù de, hěn piào liang.
The newly bought dining table is made of solid wood and is very beautiful.

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.

饭 (meal) + 桌 (table) denotes a table used for meals.

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 飯; 饭 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

食食shífood

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn飯fàn

Same sound today

The traditional form 飯 combines 食 (food) with 反 for the sound; the simplified 饭 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical form.

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

卓卓zhuóhigh
木木mùtree; wood

桌 has 卓 on top, giving the sound and a sense of high, and 木 below, wood; the bottom of 卓 has merged into 木.

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