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造船厂 (zào chuán chǎng) — shipyard, dockyard

Definition

noun
shipyarddockyard
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 造船厂。
    Zhè ge zào chuán chǎng hěn dà.
    This shipyard is very big.
  • 造船厂。
    Tā zài zào chuán chǎng gōng zuò.
    He works at a shipyard.
  • 造船厂。
    zào chuán chǎng Zhèng zài jiàn zào yì sōu xīn chuán.
    The shipyard is building a new ship.

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.

造船build ships
造zàobuild船chuánship
动宾Verb + object
厂chǎngfactory

造 means build, 船 means ship, and 厂 means factory, so it is a place where ships are built.

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
辵辵chuòto walk
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
屮
屮chè造zào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

Open 造 →

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
舟舟zhōuboat
Sound part声符shēngfú
㕣
㕣㕣船
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

船 pairs 舟 (boat) with 㕣 for its sound.

Open 船 →

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
敞
敞chǎng廠chǎng
Same sound today

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

Open 厂 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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