养殖场 (yǎng zhí chǎng) — aquaculture farm, fish farm; breeding farm (for livestock or poultry)

Definition

noun
aquaculture farmfish farmbreeding farm (for livestock or poultry)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 养殖场。
    Zhè ge yǎng zhí chǎng zhǔ yào yǎng yú hé xiā.
    This farm mainly raises fish and shrimp.
  • 养殖场。
    Tā zài yǎng zhí chǎng gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He has worked at the breeding farm for many years.
  • 养殖场。
    Fù jìn yǒu yí gè hěn dà de yǎng zhí chǎng.
    There is a very large farm nearby.

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.

养殖raise and breed
养yǎngraise殖zhíbreed
联合Side by side
场chǎngplace

'养殖' and '场' mean a place where animals are raised and bred.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

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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
歹歹dǎi
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí殖zhí
Same sound today

殖 is built from 歹 and 直, with 歹 giving the meaning and 直 giving the sound.

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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.

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.

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