种植园 (zhòng zhí yuán) — plantation | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

plantation

Measure word · 个

Examples

种植园。
Zhè zuò zhòng zhí yuán shēng chǎn kā fēi hé xiāng jiāo.
This plantation produces coffee and bananas.
种植园。
Tā zài yí gè piān yuǎn de zhòng zhí yuán gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He worked on a remote plantation for many years.
，种植园。
Zhí mín shí qī, xī fāng rén zài nà lǐ jiàn lì le xǔ duō zhòng zhí yuán.
During the colonial period, Westerners established many plantations there.

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.

种植cultivate

种zhǒngplant植zhíplant

联合Coordinate

The '种植' (cultivate) describes what kind of '园' (garden or estate) it is.

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.

禾中种

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hérice

Sound part声符shēngfú

中

中zhōng种zhǒng

Same sound today

种 pairs 禾, which shows rice or grain and fits meanings like plant and seed, with 中, which gives its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木直植

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

直

直zhí植zhí

Same sound today

植 is made from 木, a tree, and 直, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

囗元园

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán园yuán

Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

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Agriculture & Farming

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