馆内 (guǎn nèi) — inside the venue, within the museum/gallery/exh…

Definition

noun

inside the venue, within the museum/gallery/exhibition hall(formal/literary) within the premises of a public building

馆内。
guǎn nèi Jìn zhǐ xī yān hé shǐ yòng míng huǒ.
Smoking and open flames are prohibited inside the venue.
馆内，。
guǎn nèi Zhǎn pǐn jūn wèi guó jiā jí wén wù, qǐng wù chù mō.
All exhibits inside the museum are national-level cultural relics; please do not touch.
馆内20，。
guǎn nèi Wēn dù bǎo chí zài 20 shè shì dù zuǒ yòu, shì hé cān guān.
The temperature inside the hall is kept around 20°C, making it comfortable for visiting.

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.

馆 names a public building, and 内 gives the inside of that place.

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

飠官館

Meaning part形符xíngfú

飠Written in full as食shí

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

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

The shape shows 入 entering into 冂, a house, so it pictures bringing something indoors, giving the sense inside.