工业区 (gōng yè qū) — (place word) industrial zone; industrial park

Definition

noun

(place word) industrial zoneindustrial park

Examples

工业区。
Tā zài gōng yè qū gōng zuò.
He works in an industrial zone.
工业区。
Zhè ge gōng yè qū lí chéng shì hěn yuǎn.
This industrial park is far from the city.
工业区。
Zuó tiān wǒ qù cān guān le gōng yè qū.
I visited the industrial zone yesterday.

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.

工业industry

工gōngwork业yèoccupation

联合Coordinate

区qūzone

工业 means industry, and 区 means an area, giving an area for industry.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.