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上场 (shàng chǎng) — to go on stage (for a performance); to take the field; to enter the sports field

Definition

上场 means entering a performance or sports arena to begin acting/playing. Pair with 出场 (exiting/finishing) — they are complementary stages of the same event.

verb
to go on stage (for a performance)to take the fieldto enter the sports field
Easily confused

Examples

  • 上场。
    Yǎn yuán men zhèng zài zhǔn bèi shàng chǎng.
    The actors are preparing to go on stage.
  • 上场，。
    Xià bàn chǎng tā shàng chǎng le, yíng dé le bǐ sài.
    He took the field in the second half and won the game.
  • ，。
    Tā shàng guò yí cì chǎng, suǒ yǐ bù jǐn zhāng.
    She has been on stage once before, so she's not nervous.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上shànggo on
场chǎngfield or stage

上 (go on) and 场 (field or stage) together mean to go onto the field or stage.

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.

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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.

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