粮仓 (liáng cāng) — granary, barn | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

granarybarn

Measure word · 座

粮仓。
Zhè ge guó jiā de liáng cāng chǔ cún le dà liàng de liáng shi.
This country's granary stores a large amount of grain.
粮仓。
Nóng mín bǎ shōu huò de dào gǔ dōu fàng jìn liáng cāng lǐ.
The farmer put all the harvested rice into the granary.
，粮仓。
Wèi le fáng cháo, liáng cāng de dì miàn diàn le mù bǎn.
To prevent moisture, the granary floor was padded with wooden boards.

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.

仓cāngstorehouse

粮 is grain, and 仓 is a storehouse, so it names a place for storing grain.

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.

米良粮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐfood

Sound part声符shēngfú

良

Same sound today

粮 puts 米 (food) beside 良, which gives the sound liáng.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 倉; 仓 is its simplified writing.

仓 is explained through the traditional form 倉, which pairs 合 (gather) with 戶 (door) to show a warehouse.