药厂 (yào ān) — pharmaceutical factory | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pharmaceutical factory

Measure word · 家

药厂。
Zhè jiā yào ān shēng chǎn hěn duō cháng yòng yào.
This pharmaceutical factory produces many commonly used medicines.
药厂。
yào ān De gōng rén zhèng zài jiā bān gǎn dìng dān.
The factory workers are working overtime to rush the orders.
药厂。
Shì zhèng fǔ jì huà xīn jiàn yì jiā yào ān.
The city government plans to build a new pharmaceutical factory.

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.

药yàomedicine

The medicine 药 and the factory 厂 together mean a pharmaceutical factory.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

艹樂藥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

樂

樂lè藥yào

Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

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.

广敞廠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

敞

Same sound today

The traditional form 廠 combines 广 with 敞, which gives the sound; the simplified 厂 is a later shorthand.