厂房 (chǎng fáng) — factory building, workshop (industrial workspac… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

factory buildingworkshop (industrial workspace)

Measure word · 座

Examples

厂房，。
Zhè ge chǎng fáng hěn dà, yǒu wǔ bǎi míng gōng rén.
This factory building is very big; there are five hundred workers.
厂房。
Lǎo chǎng fáng lǐ hái yǒu hěn duō lǎo jī qì.
There are still many old machines in the old workshop.
厂房。
Wǒ men zài chǎng fáng lǐ kāi huì tǎo lùn shēng chǎn jì huà.
We hold meetings in the factory building to discuss production plans.

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.

厂chǎngfactory

房fángbuilding

厂 factory and 房 building combine to mean a factory building.

Characters in this word

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.

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

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng房fáng

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

Appears in

Buildings & Structures Industry & Manufacturing

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