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垃圾场 (lā jī cháng) — garbage dump, landfill

Definition

noun
garbage dumplandfill
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 垃圾场。
    Zhè ge lā jī cháng yǐ jīng tián mǎn le.
    This landfill is already full.
  • 垃圾场。
    Gōng rén men bǎ lā jī yùn dào le lā jī cháng.
    The workers transported the garbage to the dump.
  • 垃圾场。
    Fù jìn de lā jī cháng sàn fā nán wén de qì wèi.
    The nearby garbage dump gives off a foul smell.

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.

垃圾
垃lā圾jī
场chǎngplace

垃圾 (garbage) and 场 (place) form a place for refuse.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 垃 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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