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农夫 (nóng fū) — farmer

Definition

农夫 refers to a farmer, typically one who works the land by hand. It is more traditional and narrative than the neutral 现代词 农民, which suits modern agricultural contexts.

noun
farmer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 农夫。
    Nà wèi nóng fū zhèng zài tián lǐ zhǒng zhuāng jia.
    That farmer is planting crops in the field.
  • 农夫，。
    nóng fū De shēng huó suī rán xīn kǔ, dàn tā hěn mǎn zú.
    Although the farmer's life is hard, he is very content.
  • 农夫。
    Zhè wèi nóng fū měi tiān dōu yào zǎo qǐ wèi niú.
    This farmer has to get up early every day to feed the cows.

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nóngfarm
夫fūman

农 (farm) + 夫 (man) means a man who farms.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

夫 originally drew a man. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write a pronoun, so the picture and the pronoun meaning are unrelated.

Open 夫 →
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