庄稼地 (zhuāng jia dì) — cropland, farmland, fields (colloquial)

Definition

noun
croplandfarmlandfields (colloquial)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • ，庄稼地。
    Qiū tiān dào le, zhuāng jia dì lǐ yí piàn jīn huáng.
    Autumn has arrived, and the fields are a sea of gold.
  • 庄稼地。
    Nóng mín zài zhuāng jia dì lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō yù mǐ.
    The farmers planted a lot of corn in the cropland.
  • 庄稼地。
    Zhè piàn zhuāng jia dì jīn nián shōu cheng hěn hǎo.
    This piece of farmland has had a good harvest this year.

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.

庄稼crops
庄zhuāngfarm稼jiàcrops
偏正Modifier + head
地dìland

庄稼, crops, and 地, land, together mean cropland.

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.

Open 庄 →

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
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
家
家jiā稼jià
Same sound today

稼 combines 禾, a grain plant, with 家, which gives the sound.

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →

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