农庄 (nóng zhuāng) — farmstead; farming village

Definition

noun

farmsteadfarming village

Measure word · 个

Examples

农庄。
Zhè ge nóng zhuāng yǐ jīng yǒu sān bǎi duō nián de lì shǐ le.
This farmstead has a history of over three hundred years.
农庄。
Tā men zài nóng zhuāng lǐ zhòng zhí le gè zhǒng yǒu jī shū cài.
They grow various organic vegetables on the farm.
农庄。
Zhè ge nóng zhuāng měi nián dōu jiē dài hěn duō lái tǐ yàn xiāng cūn shēng huó de yóu kè.
This farming village receives many tourists every year who come to experience rural life.

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.

农nóngfarming

庄zhuāngvillage

农 “farming” and 庄 “village” combine for a farming village.

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 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

林林línvegetation
辰辰chénhoe

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

Open 农 →

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 莊; 庄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng莊zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 莊 pairs 艸 (grass) with 壯 as a sound part; the simplified 庄 is a later shorthand.

Open 庄 →

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