宾

bīn

visitor

guest; object (in grammar)

Roof (宀) + soldiers (兵) = honored guest under protection

A roof shelters the guest; soldiers (兵) once signaled the armed escort or retinue that accompanied an honored visitor. Together they evoke someone received under your roof with formal care.

宀+兵→宾
兵SoldiersSemantic
宀RoofSemantic

今天家里来了很多宾客。

jīn tiān jiā lǐ lái le hěn duō bīn kè。

Today many guests came to the house.

这家酒店对宾客的服务非常周到。

zhè jiā jiǔ diàn duì bīn kè de fú wù fēi cháng zhōu dào。

This hotel's service toward guests is very thorough.

Words with 宾

黄宾虹

huáng bīn hóng

Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter

来宾市

lái bīn shì

Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

贵宾室

guì bīn shì

VIP lounge

宾县

bīn xiàn

Bin County or Binxian, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

宾夕法尼亚

bīn xī fǎ ní yà

Pennsylvania

酬宾

chóu bīn

bargain sale

间接宾语

jiàn jiē bīn yǔ

indirect object (grammar)

雅各宾派

yǎ gè bīn pài

Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794

馆宾

guǎn bīn

private teacher

骆宾王

luò bīn wáng

Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

鲁宾

lǔ bīn

Rubin (name)

主谓宾

zhǔ wèi bīn

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

More characters with 宀

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