庄稼汉 (zhuāng jia hàn) — a male farmer; peasant (colloquial, often used…

Definition

Colloquial, earthy term for a male farmer rooted in village life — carries a rural, folksy tone compared with the neutral 农民.

noun

a male farmerpeasant (colloquial, often used in rural contexts or literature)

Measure word · 个

庄稼汉，。
Zhè wèi zhuāng jia hàn měi tiān zǎo qǐ wǎn guī, fēi cháng xīn kǔ.
This farmer works from dawn to dusk every day and is very hardworking.
庄稼汉，。
Nà wèi zhuāng jia hàn pí fū hěn hēi, yí kàn jiù zhī dào cháng nián zài tián lǐ gàn huó.
That farmer's skin is very dark; one can tell he has worked in the fields for many years.
庄稼汉，。
Lǎo lǐ shì gè lǎo shi bā jiāo de zhuāng jia hàn, yí bèi zi méi lí kāi guò cūn zi.
Old Li is an honest and simple farmer who never left the village his whole life.

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.

庄稼crops

庄zhuāngfarm稼jiàcrops

偏正Modifier + head

庄稼 points to crops, and 汉 is a man associated with them.

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 莊; 庄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng莊zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 莊 pairs 艸 (grass) with 壯 as a sound part; the simplified 庄 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.

禾家稼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

家

Same sound today

稼 combines 禾, a grain plant, with 家, which gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.