花圃 (huā pǔ) — flower nursery; flower bed

Definition

A place where flowers are grown and displayed — a flower bed (small, within a garden) or flower nursery (larger, for cultivating plants). It refers to the plot itself, not the cut flowers or the act of gardening.

noun
flower nurseryflower bed
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 花圃。
    Zhè ge huā pǔ lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō huā.
    A lot of flowers are planted in this flower nursery.
  • 花圃。
    Yuán dīng zài huā pǔ lǐ jiāo shuǐ.
    The gardener waters the flower bed.
  • 花圃。
    Zhè ge huā pǔ de tǔ hěn hǎo.
    The soil in this flower bed is good.

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.

花huāflower
圃pǔnursery

花 names flowers, and 圃 is a cultivated bed or nursery; together they mean a flower bed.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà花
Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

Open 花 →

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
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ圃pǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

圃 pairs 囗, an enclosure, with 甫, which is used for its sound.

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