化工厂 (huà gōng chǎng) — chemical plant; chemical factory

Definition

noun

chemical plantchemical factory

Measure word · 家

化工厂。
Tā zài yì jiā huà gōng chǎng gōng zuò.
He works at a chemical plant.
化工厂。
Zhè ge huà gōng chǎng pái fàng le hěn duō fèi qì.
This chemical factory emits a lot of waste gas.
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Shì zhèng fǔ jì huà guān bì nà jiā lǎo huà gōng chǎng.
The city government plans to close that old chemical plant.

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.

化工chemical industry

化huàchemical工gōngindustry

偏正Modifier + head

化工 (chemical industry) + 厂 (factory) names a factory for chemical production.

Characters in this word

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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

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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