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养鸡场 (yǎng jī chǎng) — chicken farm

Definition

noun
chicken farm
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 养鸡场，。
    Zhè ge yǎng jī chǎng hěn dà, yǎng le yí wàn zhī jī.
    This chicken farm is very big and raises ten thousand chickens.
  • 养鸡场，。
    Tā měi tiān qù yǎng jī chǎng gōng zuò, fù zé wèi jī hé dǎ sǎo.
    He goes to the chicken farm every day to work, responsible for feeding the chickens and cleaning.
  • 养鸡场，。
    Fù jìn yǒu yí gè yǎng jī chǎng, yǒu shí hou néng wén dào jī fèn de wèi dào.
    There is a chicken farm nearby, and sometimes you can smell the odor of chicken manure.

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.

养鸡
养yǎngraise鸡jīchicken
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngplace/farm

“养鸡” gives raise chickens and “场” gives place/farm, together a place for raising chickens.

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.

Open 养 →

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 雞; 鸡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuīshort-tailed bird
Sound part声符shēngfú
奚
奚xī雞jī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 雞 pairs 奚, which gives the sound, with 隹, a short-tailed bird. The simplified 鸡 is a later shorthand, and its right side is not the historical 奚.

Open 鸡 →

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 →
Appears in
Agriculture & Farming

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