高产 (gāo chǎn) — high yield, high output (in agriculture, industry, etc.)

Definition

noun
high yieldhigh output (in agriculture, industry, etc.)

Examples

  • 高产。
    Zhè zhǒng gāo chǎn zuò wù měi nián néng shōu liǎng cì.
    This high-yield crop can be harvested twice a year.
  • 高产。
    Jīn nián wǒ men nóng chǎng shí xiàn le gāo chǎn.
    This year our farm achieved high yields.
  • 高产。
    gāo chǎn De liáng shi ràng dà jiā dōu chī bǎo le.
    The high-yield grain allowed everyone to eat their fill.

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.

高gāohigh
产chǎnproduce

高 high and 产 produce combine to mean high yield or output.

Characters in this word

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

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