场主 (chǎng zhǔ) — farm owner; owner of a farm

Definition

noun
farm ownerowner of a farm
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 场主。
    Zhè ge nóng chǎng de chǎng zhǔ shì yí wèi tuì xiū lǎo rén.
    The owner of this farm is a retired elderly person.
  • 场主。
    Nà wèi chǎng zhǔ jué dìng zài shān shàng zhǒng guǒ shù.
    That farm owner decided to plant fruit trees on the mountain.
  • 场主。
    Fù jìn jǐ gè cūn zhuāng de chǎng zhǔ men dōu lái cān jiā dà huì.
    The farm owners from several nearby villages all came to the meeting.

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.

场chǎngfarm
主zhǔowner

场 names the farm or field, and 主 names the owner, together giving farm owner.

Characters in this word

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 →

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →

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