夜场 (yè cháng) — evening show, night performance

Definition

Literally 'night session/venue'. Used for a late-evening show at a cinema or theatre, or a nightclub/late-night entertainment venue — context picks which sense. Contrast with 白天场: 夜场 is the evening or late-night counterpart.

noun
evening shownight performance
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 夜场。
    Wǒ men mǎi le liǎng zhāng yè cháng de diàn yǐng piào.
    We bought two tickets for the evening show at the cinema.
  • 夜场。
    Zhè jiā yè cháng jīn wǎn yǒu tè bié yǎn chū.
    This nightclub has a special performance tonight.
  • 夜场。
    yè cháng De mén piào bǐ bái tiān chǎng pián yi.
    Evening show tickets are cheaper than daytime shows.

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.

夜yènight
场chǎngsession

夜 'night' narrows 场 to an evening performance or session.

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
夕夕xīmoon
Sound part声符shēngfú
亦
亦yì夜yè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 夜 pairs 亦 as a sound part with 夕 as a moon part, for night. In the modern shape, the 亦 part is broken up and one stroke merges into 夕.

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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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