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农舍 (nóng shè) — farmhouse

Definition

noun
farmhouse
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 农舍。
    Tā men zhù zài shān jiǎo xià de yí gè nóng shè lǐ.
    They live in a farmhouse at the foot of the mountain.
  • 农舍。
    Zhè zuò nóng shè yǐ jīng yǒu shàng bǎi nián de lì shǐ le.
    This farmhouse already has a history of over a hundred years.
  • 农舍。
    Nóng mín zài nóng shè zhōu wéi zhǒng le hěn duō shū cài.
    The farmer planted many vegetables around the farmhouse.

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nóngfarm/agricultural
舍shèhouse

农 relates to farming, and 舍 means house, so the word names a farmhouse.

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.

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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
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
余
余yú舍shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

舍 is 余 plus 口. 余 was the original picture for this word, and 口 was later added to distinguish it.

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Appears in
Countryside & RuralHome & Housing

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