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廳
廳 ＝ 广 ＋ 聽
ㄊㄧㄥ · tīng
noun — a hall, a large room
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a roof, a wide building
A wide roof (广) named for listening (聽) — the magistrate's 聽事, the hall where cases are heard; the word later put on the roof and became the room itself. Now any great room: 客廳、餐廳、大廳.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屏風後一聲咳嗽，滿廳（广）的人都聽（聽）見。
One cough behind the screen, and the whole hall (广) hears (聽) it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)聽事— the hearing-hall — where cases are heard
→客廳、餐廳— sitting room; dining room常用
⇒大廳— the lobby — the building's open hall
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension