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专业户 (zhuān yè hù) — specialized rural household (engaged in a single commercial activity)

Definition

A rural household specializing in one commercial activity such as pig farming, fish farming, or fruit growing. It describes the household as a unit, not the individual — the family as a small-scale business focused on a single trade.

noun
specialized rural household (engaged in a single commercial activity)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 专业户。
    Zhè ge cūn yǒu hěn duō yǎng zhū zhuān yè hù.
    This village has many specialized pig-raising households.
  • 专业户。
    Zhèng fǔ wèi zhuān yè hù tí gōng dài kuǎn hé jì shù zhī chí.
    The government provides loans and technical support to specialized households.
  • 专业户，。
    Tā jiā chéng le yǎng yú zhuān yè hù, shōu rén bǐ yǐ qián gāo duō le.
    His family became a specialized fish-farming household, and their income is much higher than before.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专业specialized
专zhuānspecialized业yèprofession
偏正Modifier + head
户hùhousehold

专业 “specialized” with 户 “household” gives a household devoted to one specialty.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

Open 户 →
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Agriculture & FarmingBusiness & Commerce

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