制衣厂 (zhì yī chǎng) — garment factory, clothing factory | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

garment factoryclothing factory

Measure word · 家

Examples

制衣厂。
Zhè jiā zhì yī chǎng měi nián shēng chǎn shí wàn jiàn yī fu.
This garment factory produces 100,000 pieces of clothing every year.
制衣厂。
Tā zài zhì yī chǎng gōng zuò le wǔ nián.
He has worked at the garment factory for five years.
制衣厂。
zhì yī chǎng De gōng rén zhèng zài gǎn zhì yì pī dìng dān.
The workers at the garment factory are rushing to complete a batch of orders.

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.

制衣clothing-making

制zhìmake衣yīclothes

动宾Verb + object

厂chǎngfactory

'制衣' making clothes plus '厂' factory names a garment factory.

Characters in this word

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

朱朱zhūtree
刀刀dāoknife

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 衣 comes from an outline of the chest and upper clothing.

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 廠; 厂 is its simplified writing.

广敞廠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

敞

敞chǎng廠chǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廠 combines 广 with 敞, which gives the sound; the simplified 厂 is a later shorthand.

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