庄

zhuāng

farmstead

surname Zhuang; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)

shelter (广) + earth (土) = a farmstead rooted in the land

广 here suggests a shelter or covered structure, and 土 grounds it in the land itself. Together they evoke a settled dwelling rooted in earth — the farmstead or manor.

广+土→庄
土EarthSemantic
广A lean-toSemantic

他家在郊外有一处庄园,每到夏天都会去住几天。

tā jiā zài jiāo wài yǒu yī chù zhuāng yuán, měi dào xià tiān dōu huì qù zhù jǐ tiān。

his family has a manor in the suburbs, and every summer they go to stay there for a few days.

这次打牌他当庄,赢了不少钱。

zhè cì dǎ pái tā dāng zhuāng, yíng le bù shǎo qián。

this time playing cards he was the banker, and he won quite a bit of money.

Words with 庄

茶庄

chá zhuāng

tea shop

避暑山庄

bì shǔ shān zhuāng

mountain resort

酒庄

jiǔ zhuāng

winery

钱庄

qián zhuāng

old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)

项庄舞剑

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC)

项庄舞剑,志在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]

项庄舞剑,意在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4]

饭庄

fàn zhuāng

big restaurant

亦庄

yì zhuāng

Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality

别庄

bié zhuāng

villa

动物庄园

dòng wù zhuāng yuán

also translated 動物農場|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3]

南庄

nán zhuāng

see 南庄鄉|南庄乡[Nan2 zhuang1 Xiang1]

More characters with 广

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