廊 láng corridor
corridor; porch; veranda
怎么记住“廊”: 广 broad + 郎 gentleman = corridor. Safe from the rain under the broad roof, the old gentleman rocks in his chair on the wooden corridor that circles his farmhouse.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
廊 = 广 broad + 郎 gentleman
- 广 broad meaning
- 郎 gentleman sound
Safe from the rain under the broad roof, the old gentleman rocks in his chair on the wooden corridor that circles his farmhouse.
How it came to be
The roof shape gives the meaning and the part under it gives the sound.
用法
- A covered corridor/passage: 走廊 (zǒuláng) corridor/hallway, 长廊 (chángláng) a long gallery, 画廊 (huàláng) art gallery.
- Figurative 'corridor' in geography/economics: 经济走廊 (jīngjì zǒuláng) economic corridor. 回廊 (huíláng) = a winding cloister.