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冰场 (bīng chǎng) — ice rink; ice arena

Definition

noun
ice rinkice arena
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 冰场。
    Dōng tiān hěn duō rén qù bīng chǎng huá bīng.
    Many people go to the ice rink to skate in winter.
  • 冰场。
    Zhè ge bīng chǎng kě yǐ róng nà shàng qiān rén.
    This ice rink can hold over a thousand people.
  • 冰场。
    Tā měi tiān zài bīng chǎng xùn liàn liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
    She trains at the ice rink for two hours every day.

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.

冰bīngice
场chǎngplace/field

冰 means ice and 场 means a place or field, giving ice rink.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
冫
仌bīng冰bīng
Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

Open 冰 →

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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