渔场 (yú chǎng) — fishing ground, fishing area

Definition

noun
fishing groundfishing area
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 渔场。
    Zhè ge yú chǎng de yú fēi cháng duō.
    This fishing ground has a lot of fish.
  • 渔场。
    Yú mín men měi tiān qù yú chǎng bǔ yú.
    The fishermen go to the fishing ground every day to catch fish.
  • 渔场。
    Zhèng fǔ bǎo hù le fù jìn de yú chǎng.
    The government protected the nearby fishing ground.

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.

渔yúfishing
场chǎngground

渔 means fishing and 场 means place, together a place for fishing.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漁; 渔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 漁 pairs 氵 (water) with 魚 (fish), and 魚 gives the sound. The simplified 渔 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

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