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出场 (chū chǎng) — (for performers) to go on stage, to perform; (for athletes) to enter the arena, to compete; (figurative) to appear on the scene, to be launched

Definition

出场 covers going on stage (performers), entering the arena (athletes), or a product launching. 上场 is more stage/field focused, while 上市 is specifically for products or companies hitting the market.

verb
(for performers) to go on stageto perform(for athletes) to enter the arenato compete(figurative) to appear on the sceneto be launched
Easily confused

Examples

  • 出场，。
    Nà wèi yǎn yuán yì chū chǎng, guān zhòng jiù gǔ zhǎng le.
    That actor got applause as soon as he came on stage.
  • 出场。
    Zhè wèi yùn dòng yuán jīn wǎn yào chū chǎng cān jiā jué sài.
    This athlete will enter tonight's final.
  • 。
    Zhè kuǎn shǒu jī qù nián chū guò yí cì chǎng.
    This phone was launched once last year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

出chūcome out
场chǎngstage; arena

出 means to come out, and 场 means stage or arena; together they mean to come out onto the stage.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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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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