GUEST HOUSE 招待所
PUBLIC BUILDING FOR GUESTS.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
See also
- HOTELBUILDING PRODUCED OR USED FOR PERMITTING GUESTS OR STRANGERS TO DWELL in it DURING a SHORT PERIOD.
Hypernym
- PUBLIC BUILDING BUILDING USED by OFFICIALS FOR WORK. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
- BUILDING BIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON. (anc: 5/0, child: 23)
- ARTEFACT THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
Words (7 items)
館 guàn OC: koons MC: kʷɑn 5 Attributions
Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.
- Word relations
- Contrast: 舍/GUEST HOUSE
The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.
- Syntactic words
- nhigh-level guest house for ordinary official visitors; a fairly well-appointed dwelling
- vtoNhouse (someone) in a guest house
舍 shè OC: lʰas MC: ɕɣɛ 3 Attributions
The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.
- Word relations
- Contrast: 館/GUEST HOUSE
Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.
- Syntactic words
- ntraditionally: any resthouse; from Warring States times onwards: popular non-official roadside guesthouse
- vilive in a guest house
驛 yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- npost-Han, TANG, HAN YU: rest house above the level of the tíng 亭
客館 kè guǎn OC: khraaɡ koonʔ MC: khɣɛk kʷɑn 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPguest house
亭 tíng OC: deeŋ MC: deŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nduring Han and Qin times: low-level local guest house below the level of the xiàn 縣
邸 dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 Attributions
Dǐ 邸 became current in Han times and refers to a state guesthouse for distinguished visitors, often foreigners.
- Syntactic words
- nofficial residence in another place
傳舍 chuán shè OC: don lʰas MC: ɖiɛn ɕɣɛ 0 Attributions
Chuán shè 傳舍 refers to a middle-level resthouse.
- Syntactic words
- NPZGC: rest house above the level of the tíng 亭