货场 (huò cháng) — goods yard, freight yard

Definition

noun
goods yardfreight yard
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 货场。
    Huǒ chē bǎ huò wù yùn dào le huò cháng.
    The train transported the goods to the freight yard.
  • 货场。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài huò cháng lǐ xiè huò.
    The workers are unloading cargo in the goods yard.
  • 货场。
    Zhè ge huò cháng kě yǐ cún fàng dà liàng huò wù.
    This freight yard can store a large amount of goods.

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.

货huògoods
场chǎngyard

货 goods and 场 yard together mean a freight yard.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà貨huò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

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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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

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