生产总值 (shēng chǎn zǒng zhí) — total output value; gross output value (economic indicator)

Definition

An economic indicator for the total monetary value of goods or services produced by a region, sector, or factory over a period. Closely related to 国内生产总值 (GDP), which is specifically a country's output.

noun
total output valuegross output value (economic indicator)

Examples

  • 生产总值。
    Zhè ge gōng chǎng de shēng chǎn zǒng zhí chí xù zēng zhǎng.
    The total output value of this factory continues to grow.
  • 生产总值。
    Qù nián quán guó de shēng chǎn zǒng zhí dá dào le lì shǐ xīn gāo.
    Last year, the national total output value reached a historical high.
  • 生产总值。
    Nóng yè shēng chǎn zǒng zhí zài guó mín jīng jì zhōng zhàn zhòng yào dì wèi.
    The total output value of agriculture occupies an important position in the national economy.

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chǎnoutput
联合Side by side
总值total value
总zǒngtotal值zhívalue
偏正Modifier + head

生产总值 combines '生产' (production) with '总值' (total value), meaning total output value.

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 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
悤
悤cōng總zǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

Open 总 →

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
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí值zhí
Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

Open 值 →

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