体育场馆 (tǐ yù chǎng guǎn) — sports venues and stadiums; gymnasium and sports facilities

Definition

noun
sports venues and stadiumsgymnasium and sports facilities
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体育场馆。
    Zhè ge chéng shì xīn jiàn le hěn duō tǐ yù chǎng guǎn.
    This city has built many new sports venues.
  • 体育场馆。
    tǐ yù chǎng guǎn Zài bǐ sài qī jiān duì gōng zhòng kāi fàng.
    The sports venues are open to the public during competitions.
  • 体育场馆。
    Zhè xiē tǐ yù chǎng guǎn kě yǐ róng nà jǐ wàn rén.
    These sports venues can hold tens of thousands of people.

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.

体育sports
体tǐbody育yùeducation
偏正Modifier + head
场馆venues
场chǎngvenue馆guǎnhall
联合Side by side

体育 (sports) and 场馆 (venues) combine to mean places for sports.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 育 →

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 →

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

Open 馆 →

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