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场面 (chǎng miàn) — scene (in a play, film, or event); spectacle; impressive public event; (social) occasion; situation (often in phrases like 控制场面)

Definition

场面 emphasizes the visible scale and atmosphere of a scene or event — the 'look and feel' of what's happening. 场合 is about the social context (what behavior fits the situation), while 情景 is a narrative or imagined 'scene/situation'.

noun
scene (in a play, film, or event)spectacleimpressive public event(social) occasionsituation (often in phrases like 控制场面)

Examples

  • 场面。
    Hūn lǐ de chǎng miàn fēi cháng rè nao.
    The scene at the wedding was very lively.
  • 场面。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de zhàn zhēng chǎng miàn pāi dé hěn hǎo.
    The battle scenes in this movie are well-shot.
  • ，场面。
    Tā hěn yǒu jīng yàn, néng kòng zhì zhù chǎng miàn.
    He is experienced and can control the situation.

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
面miànappearance

The first element 场 means a scene and the second 面 means an appearance; together they mean a spectacle or situation.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

Open 面 →
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