生产厂 (shēng chǎn ān) — production plant; manufacturing factory

Definition

Refers to a factory specifically engaged in producing or manufacturing goods. Use it when the emphasis is on what is produced (a production plant); a 工厂 is the more general word for 'factory.'

noun
production plantmanufacturing factory
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 生产厂。
    Zhè jiā shēng chǎn ān zhǔ yào shēng chǎn diàn zǐ chǎn pǐn.
    This production plant mainly manufactures electronic products.
  • 生产厂。
    Gōng sī jì huà xīn jiàn yí gè shēng chǎn ān.
    The company plans to build a new manufacturing factory.
  • 生产厂。
    shēng chǎn ān De gōng rén zhèng zài jiā bān gǎn dìng dān.
    The workers at the production plant are working overtime to meet orders.

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.

生产production
生shēngproduce产chǎnproduce
联合Side by side
厂chǎngfactory

生产 gives producing, 厂 gives place, together production plant.

Characters in this word

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

Open 生 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
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.

Open 厂 →

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