农户 (nóng hù) — peasant household, farm household

Definition

Refers to a rural farming household as a unit — the family itself, not the individual farmer (which is 农民). Use when talking about household-level economics, land, or subsidies.

noun
peasant householdfarm household
Measure word · 户

Examples

  • 农户。
    Zhè ge cūn zi de nóng hù shōu rù tí gāo le.
    The income of the farm households in this village has increased.
  • 农户。
    Zhèng fǔ gěi měi hù nóng hù fā fàng le bǔ tiē.
    The government distributed subsidies to each farm household.
  • 农户。
    Dāng dì de nóng hù zhǔ yào kào zhòng zhí shuǐ dào wéi shēng.
    The local farm households mainly make a living by growing rice.

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
户hùhousehold

农 means farming and 户 means household, together giving a farm household.

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.

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 →

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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