大农场 (dà nóng chǎng) — ranch; large farm

Definition

noun
ranchlarge farm
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 大农场。
    Tā zài měi guó jīng yíng yí gè dà nóng chǎng.
    He runs a ranch in the United States.
  • 大农场。
    Zhè ge dà nóng chǎng yǎng le shàng qiān tóu niú.
    This ranch raises over a thousand cattle.
  • 大农场。
    dà nóng chǎng De gōng rén měi tiān dōu hěn máng lù.
    The workers on the ranch are busy every day.

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.

大dàbig
农场farm
农nóngfarming场chǎngfield
偏正Modifier + head

大 adds largeness to 农场, where 农 names farming and 场 a field, giving a large farm.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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.

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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.

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