屠宰场 (tú zǎi chǎng) — slaughterhouse

Definition

noun
slaughterhouse
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 屠宰场。
    Zhè jiā tú zǎi chǎng měi tiān chǔ lǐ shàng qiān tóu shēng chù.
    This slaughterhouse processes thousands of livestock every day.
  • 屠宰场。
    Tā zài tú zǎi chǎng gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He worked at a slaughterhouse for many years.
  • 屠宰场。
    Zhèng fǔ guān bì le nà jiā bù dá biāo dì tú zǎi chǎng.
    The government shut down that substandard slaughterhouse.

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.

屠宰slaughter
屠túslaughter宰zǎibutcher
联合Side by side
场chǎngplace

Slaughter place names a slaughterhouse.

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
尸尸shībody
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě屠tú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

屠 combines 尸 (body) with 者, which gives the sound.

Open 屠 →

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

  • 宀宀miánhouse
  • 乂乂yìto govern

The lower part of 宰 comes from 乂, 'to govern'; with 宀, 'house', it makes a house of government.

Open 宰 →

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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