轧钢厂

軋鋼廠
zhágāngchǎng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 steel rolling mill
  2. 2 factory that rolls steel into sheets, rods, etc.

Examples

HSK 1
Tā zài zhágāngchǎng gōngzuò le sānshí nián.
He worked at a steel rolling mill for thirty years.
HSK 6
Zhè jiā zhágāngchǎng qùnián wánchéng le jìshù shēngjí.
This rolling mill completed a technology upgrade last year.

Tips

usage
Note has two readings: zhá (to roll, in 轧钢, 轧路机) and yà (to crush over, in 轧死). For the rolling-mill sense always read zhá. A general 'steel mill' is 钢厂 or 钢铁厂; a 轧钢厂 specifically does the rolling step.

Stroke Order

gāng
chǎng