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会场 (huì chǎng) — meeting place; venue (for a conference, assembly, or event)

Definition

会场 is the physical venue where a meeting, conference, or assembly is held. 场面, by contrast, refers to the scene or spectacle at an event, not the location.

noun
meeting placevenue (for a conference, assembly, or event)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 会场？
    Zhè cì huì yì zài nǎ ge huì chǎng jǔ xíng?
    Which venue is this meeting being held at?
  • 会场。
    huì chǎng Néng róng nà liǎng bǎi rén.
    The venue can hold two hundred people.
  • 会场。
    Qǐng dà jiā zài huì chǎng mén kǒu qiān dào.
    Please sign in at the entrance of the meeting place.

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.

会huìmeeting
场chǎngplace

会 names a meeting and 场 names a place, giving the sense of a venue for a gathering.

Characters in this word

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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 →
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