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产地 (chǎn dì) — place of origin, source (of a product)

Definition

产地 is a concrete 'place of origin' for a product or food — used for items like fruit or goods. 来源 (noun) is more abstract ('source/origin' of anything, including ideas or information).

noun
place of originsource (of a product)

Examples

  • 产地？
    Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ de chǎn dì shì nǎ lǐ?
    Where is the origin of this fruit?
  • 产地。
    chǎn dì Xiě zài le shàng miàn.
    The place of origin is written on it.
  • 产地。
    Xuǎn zé shí pǐn shí yào kàn chǎn dì.
    When choosing food, you should look at the place of origin.

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.

产chǎnproduction
地dìplace

产 means production and 地 means place; together they mean the place where something is produced.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6Business & Commerce

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