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农场 (nóng chǎng) — farm

Definition

农场 is a commercial farm (a business that grows crops or raises animals) — a specific site, unlike 农业 (agriculture as an industry) or 农村 (rural area). Compare 牧场, which is a ranch for livestock.

noun
farm
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 农场。
    Wǒ shǔ jià zài nóng chǎng dǎ gōng.
    I worked part-time on a farm during summer vacation.
  • 农场，。
    Zhè ge nóng chǎng duì wài kāi fàng, kě yǐ cān guān.
    This farm is open to the public and can be visited.
  • 。
    Tā men jiā de nóng chǎng zhǔ yào zhǒng shuǐ dào.
    Their family farm mainly grows rice.

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.

农nóngagriculture
场chǎngplace

农 (agriculture) and 场 (place) combine to mean a place for farming.

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 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

Open 农 →

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.

Open 场 →
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