停产 (tíng chǎn) — to stop production, to cease manufacturing

Definition

verb

to stop productionto cease manufacturing

停产。
Zhè jiā gōng chǎng yīn wèi huán bǎo wèn tí bèi yāo qiú tíng chǎn.
This factory was required to stop production due to environmental issues.
停产。
Gōng sī jué dìng míng nián tíng chǎn zhè kuǎn lǎo chǎn pǐn.
The company decided to cease production of this old product next year.
，停产。
Yóu yú yuán cái liào duǎn quē, shēng chǎn xiàn bù dé bù tíng chǎn.
Due to a shortage of raw materials, the production line had to stop.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

产chǎnproduction

停 (stop) and 产 (production) combine to mean halting production.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻亭停

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

亭

Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.