制造厂 (zhì zào chǎng) — factory, plant, manufacturing facility | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

factoryplantmanufacturing facility

Measure word · 家

Examples

制造厂。
Zhè jiā zhì zào chǎng zhǔ yào shēng chǎn qì chē líng jiàn.
This factory mainly produces auto parts.
制造厂。
Zhèng fǔ jì huà guān bì jǐ jiā wū rǎn yán zhòng de zhì zào chǎng.
The government plans to shut down several heavily polluting factories.
制造厂。
Xīn jiàn de zhì zào chǎng yǐn jìn le quán zì dòng shēng chǎn xiàn.
The newly built plant introduced a fully automated production line.

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.

制造manufacture

制zhìmake造zàomake

联合Coordinate

厂chǎngfactory

制造 means manufacture and 厂 means factory, so it is a place that manufactures.

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.

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

辵辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

屮

屮chè造zào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

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.

Appears in

Buildings & Structures Industry & Manufacturing

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