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庄稼 (zhuāng jia) — crops (in the field)

Definition

庄稼 refers to the crops themselves as they stand in the field — the plants being grown, not the harvested products (农产品) or the abstract practice (农业). Pairs with 作物 as a more colloquial everyday word, while 作物 is the more technical/scientific term.

noun
crops (in the field)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • ，庄稼。
    Jīn nián yǔ shuǐ duō, zhuāng jia cháng dé tè bié hǎo.
    This year there's a lot of rain, so the crops are growing especially well.
  • 庄稼。
    Nóng mín men zhèng zài dì lǐ shōu zhuāng jia.
    The farmers are harvesting crops in the field.
  • 庄稼。
    Zhè xiē zhuāng jia kuài yào chéng shú le.
    These crops are about to ripen.

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.

庄zhuāngfarmstead
稼jiàcrops

庄 relates to the farmstead and 稼 to crops, together meaning crops grown there.

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.

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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
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
家
家jiā稼jià
Same sound today

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

Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Agriculture & Farming

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