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牧场主 (mù chǎng zhǔ) — rancher, ranch owner

Definition

A person who owns and runs a ranch or livestock farm (cattle, sheep, etc.). 牧场 is the place; 牧场主 is the person who runs it.

noun
rancherranch owner
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 牧场主。
    Nà ge mù chǎng zhǔ yǎng le hěn duō niú.
    That rancher raises many cows.
  • 牧场主。
    Zhè wèi mù chǎng zhǔ yǐ yǎng yáng wéi shēng.
    This rancher makes a living by raising sheep.
  • 牧场主。
    Nián qīng de mù chǎng zhǔ zhèng zài xué xí xiàn dài nóng yè jì shù.
    The young rancher is learning modern agricultural technology.

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.

牧场ranch
牧mùgraze场chǎngfield
偏正Modifier + head
主zhǔowner

牧场 names a grazing field and 主 names its owner, together meaning a ranch owner.

Characters in this word

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

牧 puts 牛 (cow) beside 攴 (a whip), showing someone herding cattle.

Open 牧 →

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.

Open 场 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →
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