庄园主 (zhuāng yuán zhǔ) — manor owner, lord of the manor

Definition

noun

manor ownerlord of the manor

Measure word · 位

庄园主。
Zhè wèi zhuāng yuán zhǔ yōng yǒu dà piàn tǔ dì hé xǔ duō nóng nú.
This manor owner possesses vast lands and many serfs.
庄园主。
Zhōng shì jì ōu zhōu de zhuāng yuán zhǔ zhù zài chéng bǎo lǐ.
Medieval European manor owners lived in castles.
庄园主。
Zhè zuò zhuāng yuán de zhuāng yuán zhǔ měi nián jǔ bàn yí cì fēng shōu jié.
The owner of this manor holds a harvest festival every year.

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.

庄园manor estate

联合Side by side

庄园 is an estate with gardens, and 主 is the owner; together they name the manor owner.

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.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

囗元园

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.