Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
室
shì
Description
"室"这个字常常用在房间的名字里，比如"教室"和"办公室"。
The character "室" is often used in the names of rooms, such as "教室" (classroom) and "办公室" (office).
它的意思是一个屋子或者房间，我们每天都会去不同的"室"。
It means a house or room, and we go to different "室" every day.
Meanings
室shì
room; a space inside a building
我们的教室很大。
Our classroom is very big.
室shì
section or office in an organization
他在办公室工作。
He works in the office.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally meant an inner room of a house; now a suffix for named rooms.
- Nuance
"室" is usually a bound morpheme in compounds, not used alone in daily speech.
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