建厂 (jiàn ān) — to build a factory (verb-object construction) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A verb-object construction meaning 'to build a factory.' The verb 建 pairs with the object 厂; it does not split with aspect markers — insert 了 between 建 and 厂, as in 建了一座新厂.

verb

to build a factory (verb-object construction)

Examples

建厂。
Gōng sī jì huà míng nián jiàn ān.
The company plans to build a factory next year.
建厂。
Zhè ge dì qū yīn wèi jiàn ān ér jiù yè jī huì zēng jiā le.
Jobs increased in this region because of building a factory.
。
Tā men qù nián jiàn le yí zuò xīn chǎng.
They built a new factory last year.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

厂chǎngfactory

Building combines with factory to express constructing a factory.

Characters in this word

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

廴聿建

廴廴yǐn
聿聿yù

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

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 廠; 厂 is its simplified writing.

广敞廠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

敞

敞chǎng廠chǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廠 combines 广 with 敞, which gives the sound; the simplified 厂 is a later shorthand.

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