大棚 (dà péng) — greenhouse; polytunnel

Definition

noun
greenhousepolytunnel
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 大棚。
    Zhè ge dà péng lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō shū cài.
    Many vegetables are planted in this greenhouse.
  • 大棚。
    Nóng mín yòng dà péng lái bǎo hù zuò wù guò dōng.
    Farmers use greenhouses to protect crops through winter.
  • 大棚。
    dà péng Zhòng zhí jì shù tí gāo le chǎn liàng.
    Greenhouse cultivation techniques have increased yields.

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dàlarge

A large 棚 shed is a greenhouse or polytunnel.

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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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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
朋
朋péng棚péng
Same sound today

棚 pairs 木 (tree) with 朋, and 朋 gives the sound.

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