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窗 vs 窗户 vs 窗子(近义词)

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Strokes

Definition

window/window/window

Example

用法1
1)The three words all mean"window".窗 is an agglutinative word, and the other two are free words.窗 cannot be used independently. One can say 玻璃窗 (glass window),纱窗 (screen window),窗前 (in front of a window),南窗 (south window),北窗 (north window)etc.e.g:
2)The other two words can be used independently:
3)窗户 and 窗子 are usually interchangeable.
4)窗 can be used figuratively,e.g.服务窗 (service window),展示窗 (showcase),etc.but it still can't be used by itself;窗户 and 窗子 can,e.g. 眼睛是心灵的窗 户(/窗子) (Eyes are the window of the soul.)etc.
1
lichuāng
玻璃窗
de
shí
fēn
míngliàng
明亮
  

The glass window is brightly cleaned.

2
Chuāngqián
窗前
fàng
zhāo
píng
huā
  

There is a vase of flowers in front of the window.

3
Zhège
这个
fángjiān
房间
yǒu
liǎng
shān
chuānghu
窗户
  

There are two big windows in the room.