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出产 (chū chǎn) — to produce (natural resources, agricultural products, or manufactured goods)

Definition

出产 (chūchǎn) focuses on a region or place as the natural or industrial source of a product (e.g. 山西出产煤炭). For manufactured goods in general, 生产 is more common.

verb
to produce (natural resources, agricultural products, or manufactured goods)

Examples

  • 出产。
    Zhè ge dì qū chū chǎn yōu zhì dà mǐ.
    This region produces high-quality rice.
  • 出产，。
    Shān xī chū chǎn méi tàn, shì zhōng guó zhòng yào de néng yuán jī dì.
    Shanxi produces coal and is an important energy base in China.
  • 出产。
    Zhè jiā gōng chǎng chū chǎn gè zhǒng diàn zǐ chǎn pǐn.
    This factory produces various electronic products.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

出chūyield
产chǎnproduce

出 and 产 both express yielding or producing, so together they mean to produce goods or resources.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

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Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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