场场 (chǎng chǎng) — (classifier) for events, illnesses, or natural…

Definition

The reduplicated form 场场 means 'every occurrence, each time' — used with 场-classified events (matches, screenings, rains) to stress that it held true every single time.

classifier

for events, illnesses, or natural phenomena that unfold over time(reduplicated form) every occurrenceeach time

Examples

场场，。
Xià le sān chǎng chǎng yǔ, zhuāng jia dōu yān le.
It rained three times, and the crops were all flooded.
场场，。
Tā zuì jìn shēng le chǎng chǎng bìng, shòu le hěn duō.
He recently had an illness and lost a lot of weight.
场场，。
Zhè ge diàn yǐng chǎng chǎng bào mǎn, piào hěn nán mǎi.
This movie was sold out every show — tickets were hard to get.

Origin

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

场chǎngoccurrence

场场 means every occurrence, using 场 twice.

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

土昜場

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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