| 莊 | 258A20 20A.11-2 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄓㄨㄤ [zhuang1] . [Pop.壯] | ||
| N. | (1) A village, hamlet, a homestead: 村莊 a village: 田莊 farms, usu. of considerable dimensions; 王家莊 Mr. Wang's farmland－家莊, sometimes used as name of hamlet. (2) A villa: 山莊，別莊 a country villa. (3) A shop: 錢莊 money shop, old-style local bank; 布莊 shop for clothing materials; 綢緞莊 silk shop; 飯莊 restaurant; 莊口 [zhuang1kou3]↓. (4) Bander at gambling: 莊家 [zhuang1jia0]↓; 做莊，坐莊 be banker by turn. (5) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | Solemn: 莊重 [zhuang1zhong4]↓; 莊肅 [zhuang1su4]↓; 莊嚴 [zhuang1yan2]↓; 莊語，莊論 (LL) serious talk, discussion (not joking). | |||||
| Words | 1. 莊戶 [zhuang1hu4], n., (reference or self-reference in North China) farmer. 2. 莊家 [zhuang1jia0], n., (1) country house; (2) banker at gambling table. 3. 莊稼 [zhuang1jia4] ([zhuang1jia0]), n., farm goods, crops, farm work: 種莊稼 plant different grains, beans for food, 莊稼地 farmland; 莊稼活 farm work; 莊稼老兒 (coll.) old farmer; 莊稼漢 (coll.) farmer. 4. 莊重 [zhuang1zhong4], adj., solemn (ceremony); serious, decorous (demeanor): 莊重點兒 be serious (opp. facetious). 5. 莊客 [zhuang1ke4], n., tenant farmer. 6. 莊口 [zhuang1kou3], n., (coll.) market for goods. 7. 莊肅 [zhuang1su4], adj., solemn (ceremony, gathering). 8. 莊田 [zhuang1tian2], n., farms of fairly big size. 9. 莊頭 [zhuang1tou0], n., chief of hired farm lands, head of tenant farmers (佃戶). 10. 莊子 (1)[zhuang1zi3], n., name of philosopher about 300 B.C.; (2) ([zhuang1zi0]) a homestead, hamlet. 11. 莊嚴 [zhuang1yan2], adj., solemn, august, oft. used in Budd. worship. 12. 莊園 [zhuang1yUan2], n., manor, private park, domain, estate. | |||||