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上半场 (shàng bàn chǎng) — first half (of a game or contest)

Definition

Used for sports/contests: 上半场 is the first half, paired with 下半场 (the second half) — e.g. 比赛的上半场.

noun
first half (of a game or contest)
Measure word · 个
Easily confused

Examples

  • 上半场，。
    Zài shàng bàn chǎng lǐ, zhǔ duì jìn le liǎng gè qiú.
    In the first half, the home team scored two goals.
  • 上半场，。
    shàng bàn chǎng Jié shù shí, bǐ fēn shì yì bǐ yī.
    At the end of the first half, the score was 1–1.
  • 上半场。
    Jiào liàn zài shàng bàn chǎng tiáo zhěng le fáng shǒu cè lüè.
    The coach adjusted the defensive strategy in the first half.

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.

上shàngupper
半场half session
半bànhalf场chǎngsession
偏正Modifier + head

“上” marks the first part, “半” means half, and “场” refers to a period of play, together meaning the first half.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape pairs 八 (to divide) with 牛 (cow), showing a cow cut into two halves.

Open 半 →

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 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Sports & Athletics

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