印刷厂 (yìn shuā chǎng) — print shop, printing press (place) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

print shopprinting press (place)

Measure word · 家

Examples

印刷厂。
Zhè jiā yìn shuā chǎng fù zé yìn shuā suǒ yǒu de jiào cái.
This print shop is responsible for printing all the textbooks.
印刷厂。
Tā zài zhè jiā yìn shuā chǎng gōng zuò le èr shí nián.
He has worked at this print shop for twenty years.
印刷厂。
yìn shuā chǎng De jī qì zuì jìn gēng xīn le.
The machines at the print shop were recently updated.

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.

印刷printing

印yìnprint刷shuābrush

联合Side by side

厂chǎngfactory

In 印刷厂, 印刷 gives printing and 厂 gives factory, naming a place for printing.

Characters in this word

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

爪爪zhuǎhand
卩卩jiékneeling person

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

㕞

㕞㕞刷shuā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

刷 uses 刀, a knife, and pairs it with 㕞 as a sound component.

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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