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射击场 (shè jī cháng) — shooting range

Definition

noun
shooting range
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 射击场。
    Tā měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù shè jī cháng liàn xí.
    He goes to the shooting range every weekend to practice.
  • 射击场。
    Zhè ge shè jī cháng yǒu èr shí gè bǎ wèi.
    This shooting range has twenty firing positions.
  • 射击场。
    Jǐng chá zài shè jī cháng jìn xíng le shí dàn xùn liàn.
    The police conducted live-fire training at the shooting range.

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.

射击shoot
射shèshoot击jīstrike
联合Coordinate
场chǎngvenue

射击 (shoot) and 场 (venue) combine to mean a place for shooting.

Characters in this word

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

Open 射 →

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 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
毄
毄jī擊jī
Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

Open 击 →

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 →
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