鸡场 (jī cháng) — chicken farm

Definition

noun
chicken farm
Measure word · 个
Easily confused

Examples

  • 鸡场。
    Zhè ge jī cháng yǎng le wǔ qiān zhī jī.
    This chicken farm raises five thousand chickens.
  • 鸡场，。
    Tā zài jī cháng gōng zuò, měi tiān wèi jī.
    He works at a chicken farm and feeds the chickens every day.
  • 鸡场。
    jī cháng De jī dàn hěn xīn xiān.
    The eggs from the chicken farm are very fresh.

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.

鸡jīchicken
场chǎngfarm

A 场 for 鸡, i.e. a chicken farm.

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 雞; 鸡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuīshort-tailed bird
Sound part声符shēngfú
奚
奚xī雞jī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 雞 pairs 奚, which gives the sound, with 隹, a short-tailed bird. The simplified 鸡 is a later shorthand, and its right side is not the historical 奚.

Open 鸡 →

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.

Open 场 →

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