农贸市场 (nóng mào shì chǎng) — farmers' market

Definition

noun
farmers' market
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 农贸市场。
    Wǒ měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù nóng mào shì chǎng mǎi cài.
    I go to the farmers' market to buy groceries every weekend.
  • 农贸市场。
    Zhè ge nóng mào shì chǎng de shū cài bǐ chāo shì de xīn xiān.
    The vegetables at this farmers' market are fresher than at the supermarket.
  • 农贸市场。
    nóng mào shì chǎng Lǐ yǒu hěn duō mài shuǐ guǒ de tān wèi.
    There are many fruit stalls in the farmers' market.

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.

农贸farm trade
农nóngfarm贸màotrade
偏正Modifier + head
市场market
市shìmarket场chǎngplace
偏正Modifier + head

农 (farm) and 贸 (trade) with 市 (market) and 场 (place) form a market for farm products.

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 貿; 贸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowrie
Sound part声符shēngfú
卯
卯mǎo貿mào
Same sound today

The traditional form 貿, not the simplified 贸, pairs 卯, giving its sound, with 貝, a cowrie.

Open 贸 →

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
兮兮xībustling
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī市shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

Open 市 →

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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