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馆(館) guăn establishment; hotel; restaurant in Mandarin Chinese
Definition[edit | edit source]
Radical is 食 shí “eat”, which is written as 饣(飠) when occurring at the left-hand side of a character as a radical. The colloquial name for this radical is 食字旁 shízìpáng “side made up of the character 食.” Phonetic is 官 guān “official”. Where else would an “official” 官 “eat” 食 than in an expensive “restaurant” 馆 (館)?
Examples[edit | edit source]
- 饭馆 (飯館) fànguăn(r) restaurant [PW]
- 馆子 (館子) guănzi restaurant [PW]
- 川菜馆子 (川菜館子) Chuāncài guănzi Sichuan-style restaurant [PH]
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
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