孵化场 (fū huà chǎng) — hatchery (for poultry, fish, etc.)

Definition

noun
hatchery (for poultry, fish, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 孵化场。
    Zhè ge fū huà chǎng měi nián néng fū huà yì bǎi wàn zhī xiǎo jī.
    This hatchery can hatch one million chicks every year.
  • 孵化场。
    Tā men cóng fū huà chǎng mǎi le yì pī yú miáo.
    They bought a batch of fish fry from the hatchery.
  • 孵化场。
    Zhè jiā fū huà chǎng de fū huà lǜ hěn gāo.
    This hatchery has a high hatching rate.

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.

孵化hatch
孵fūhatch化huàbecome
补充Verb + complement
场chǎngplace

孵化 (hatching) joins with 场 (place) to mean a place where eggs hatch.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
卵卵luǎnegg
Sound part声符shēngfú
孚
孚fú孵fū
Same sound today

The left part 卵 means egg, and the right part 孚 gives 孵 its sound.

Open 孵 →

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →

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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