上座率 (shàng zuò lǜ) — attendance rate; occupancy rate (of a venue, film, etc.)

Definition

Literally 'seat-occupancy rate', this noun means how full a venue, film, or flight is. It pairs with 高/低 and is used for events and transport, not schools or meetings (出勤率).

noun
attendance rateoccupancy rate (of a venue, film, etc.)

Examples

  • 上座率。
    Zhè bù xīn piàn de shàng zuò lǜ chāo guò le bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí.
    This new film's attendance rate exceeded ninety percent.
  • 上座率。
    Jù yuàn yī kào gāo shàng zuò lǜ wéi chí yùn yíng.
    The theater relies on high occupancy rates to sustain operations.
  • 上座率。
    Zhōu mò de háng bān shàng zuò lǜ tōng cháng hěn hǎo.
    Weekend flight occupancy rates are usually very good.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

上座seats taken
上shàngoccupy座zuòseat
动宾Verb + object
率lǜrate

“上座” refers to seats being taken, and “率” gives the rate, meaning the rate of occupied seats.

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 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎnghouse on cliff
Sound part声符shēngfú
坐
坐zuò座zuò
Same sound today

座 pairs 广, a house on a cliff, with 坐 to give the sound.

Open 座 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.