养猪场 (yǎng zhū cháng) — pig farm, piggery

Definition

noun
pig farmpiggery
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 养猪场。
    Zhè ge yǎng zhū cháng yǎng le shàng qiān tóu zhū.
    This pig farm raises over a thousand pigs.
  • 养猪场。
    Tā zài yǎng zhū cháng gōng zuò le hǎo jǐ nián.
    He worked at a pig farm for several years.
  • 养猪场。
    yǎng zhū cháng De qì wèi bú tài hǎo wén.
    The smell of a pig farm is not very pleasant.

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.

养猪raise pigs
养yǎngraise猪zhūpig
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngplace

养猪 names raising pigs, and 场 names the place for that activity.

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 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě猪zhū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

Open 猪 →

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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