制造家 (zhì zào jiā) — manufacturer | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

manufacturer

Measure word · 位

制造家。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de zhì zào jiā hěn yǒu míng.
The manufacturer of this company is very famous.
制造家。
Tā shì yí wèi yōu xiù de zhì zào jiā.
He is an excellent manufacturer.
制造家。
Zhè wèi zhì zào jiā fā míng le hěn duō xīn chǎn pǐn.
This manufacturer invented many new products.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

制造manufacture

联合Side by side

制造 covers making and building; 家 points to the person who does it.

Characters in this word

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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

辵辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

屮

屮chè造zào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

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

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.