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糖业 (táng yè) — sugar industry

Definition

noun
sugar industry

Examples

  • 糖业。
    Zhè ge dì qū de táng yè fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
    The sugar industry in this region is developing very quickly.
  • 糖业。
    táng yè Shì dāng dì jīng jì de zhòng yào zhī zhù.
    The sugar industry is an important pillar of the local economy.
  • 糖业。
    Tā dà xué bì yè hòu jìn rù le táng yè.
    After graduating from university, he entered the sugar industry.

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.

糖tángsugar
业yèindustry

糖 'sugar' specifies the kind of 业 'industry'.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
唐
唐táng糖
Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

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Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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