场记 (chǎng jì) — script supervisor, continuity person (on a film or TV set); continuity log (record of scenes shot)

Definition

noun
script supervisorcontinuity person (on a film or TV set)continuity log (record of scenes shot)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 。
    Tā zài zhè ge diàn yǐng lǐ dāng chǎng jì.
    She serves as the script supervisor on this film.
  • 场记。
    Dǎo yǎn zǐ xì kàn le chǎng jì jì lù.
    The director carefully reviewed the continuity log.
  • 。
    Měi chǎng xì de xì jié dōu yào xiě jìn chǎng jì.
    The details of each scene must be written into the script supervisor's log.

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.

场chǎngscene
记jìrecord

场记 is the 记 'record' of a 场 'scene', hence a continuity log.

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.

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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