山庄 (shān zhuāng) — mountain villa; mountain resort

Definition

Names a mountain villa or resort — a substantial countryside retreat built in scenic mountain areas, often historical or upscale. Compared to a 村 (village), it is a single estate rather than a settlement.

noun
mountain villamountain resort
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 山庄，。
    Zhè ge shān zhuāng jiàn zài bàn shān yāo, fēng jǐng fēi cháng hǎo.
    This mountain villa is built halfway up the mountain, the scenery is very good.
  • 山庄，。
    Tā men yì jiā zài shān zhuāng lǐ zhù le liǎng tiān, gǎn jué hěn fàng sōng.
    Their family stayed in the mountain villa for two days and felt very relaxed.
  • 山庄，。
    Zhè ge shān zhuāng shì gǔ dài yí wèi dà guān jiàn de, dào xiàn zài yǐ jīng yǒu sān bǎi duō nián le.
    This mountain villa was built by an ancient high official, and it's been over three hundred years now.

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.

山shānmountain
庄zhuāngvillage or manor

山 means mountain and 庄 means a village or manor, together naming a mountain resort.

Characters in this word

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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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 莊; 庄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng莊zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 莊 pairs 艸 (grass) with 壯 as a sound part; the simplified 庄 is a later shorthand.

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