铸造厂 (zhù zào ān) — foundry; casting plant

Definition

noun
foundrycasting plant
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 铸造厂。
    Zhè jiā zhù zào ān shēng chǎn qì chē líng jiàn.
    This foundry produces car parts.
  • 铸造厂。
    Tā zài zhù zào ān gōng zuò le èr shí nián.
    He has worked at the foundry for twenty years.
  • 铸造厂。
    zhù zào ān De gōng rén xū yào dài ān quán mào.
    Workers at the foundry need to wear hard hats.

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.

铸造casting
铸zhùcast造zàomake
联合Side by side
厂chǎngfactory

铸 'cast' and 造 'make' form 铸造 'casting', which with 厂 'factory' names a casting plant.

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 鑄; 铸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
壽
壽shòu鑄zhù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional 鑄 pairs 金 (metal) with 壽 to give the sound; the simplified 铸 is a later shorthand.

Open 铸 →

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.

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 →

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