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花匠 (huā jiàng) — flower grower; horticulturist specializing in flowers

Definition

A 花匠 is a craftsperson who grows and tends flowers for a living — focused on cultivation (planting, watering, fertilizing), not arranging or selling cut flowers like a 花商.

noun
flower growerhorticulturist specializing in flowers
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 花匠，。
    Zhè wèi huā jiàng hěn yǒu jīng yàn, zhǒng le hěn duō méi gui huā.
    This flower grower is very experienced and has planted many roses.
  • 花匠、。
    huā jiàng Měi tiān dōu yào gěi huā jiāo shuǐ, shī féi.
    The horticulturist waters and fertilizes the flowers every day.
  • 花匠，。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhuān yè de huā jiàng, duì huā huì hěn yǒu yán jiū.
    He is a professional florist who knows a lot about flowers.

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.

花huāflower
匠jiàngcraftsman

花 means flower and 匠 means craftsman, so 花匠 is a worker who tends flowers.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà花
Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

Open 花 →

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

Traditionally, 匠 combines 匚, a box, with 斤, an axe.

Open 匠 →
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