苹果园 (píng guǒ yuán) — apple orchard; (proper noun) Pingguoyuan (place name, e.g. a subway station in Beijing)

Definition

Word-for-word 'apple garden' — an orchard where apple trees are grown. Also used as a place name, most famously 苹果园站, a subway station in western Beijing.

noun
apple orchard(proper noun) Pingguoyuan (place name, e.g. a subway station in Beijing)

Examples

  • 苹果园。
    Wǒ men zhōu mò qù píng guǒ yuán zhāi píng guǒ ba.
    Let's go to the apple orchard to pick apples this weekend.
  • 苹果园。
    Cóng píng guǒ yuán zhàn zuò dì tiě dào shì zhōng xīn hěn fāng biàn.
    It's very convenient to take the subway from Pingguoyuan Station to the city center.
  • 苹果园。
    Zhè ge píng guǒ yuán lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō zhǒng píng guǒ.
    This apple orchard grows many kinds of apples.

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.

苹果
苹píngapple果guǒfruit
偏正Modifier + head
园yuánorchard

The 园 growing 苹果, apple 果, is an apple orchard.

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
艸艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng苹
Same sound today

苹 combines 艸, the grass component, with 平, which provides its sound.

Open 苹 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

Open 果 →

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
元
元yuán园yuán
Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

Open 园 →

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