工业化 (gōng yè huà) — industrialization

Definition

noun
industrialization

Examples

  • 工业化。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de gōng yè huà jìn chéng hěn kuài.
    This country's industrialization process is very fast.
  • 工业化。
    gōng yè huà Gěi rén men dài lái le hěn duō biàn lì.
    Industrialization has brought many conveniences to people.
  • 工业化，。
    Suí zhe gōng yè huà de fā zhǎn, huán jìng wèn tí yuè lái yuè yán zhòng.
    With the development of industrialization, environmental problems are becoming more serious.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

工业industry
工gōngwork业yèbusiness
偏正Modifier + head
化huàbecome/make

工业 means industry and 化 gives the sense of becoming or making, yielding industrialization.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

Open 工 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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 →

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