晚场 (wǎn cháng) — evening performance; evening show

Definition

A late/evening performance or screening — pairs naturally with 下午场 (matinee). Usually used with 票 or the verb 开始.

noun
evening performanceevening show
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 晚场。
    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng zhāng wǎn cháng de piào.
    I bought two tickets for the evening performance.
  • 晚场。
    wǎn cháng De guān zhòng bǐ xià wǔ chǎng de duō.
    There are more spectators at the evening show than at the matinee.
  • 晚场。
    Jīn wǎn de wǎn cháng qī diǎn bàn kāi shǐ.
    Tonight's evening performance starts at 7:30.

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.

晚wǎnevening
场chǎngperformance session

晚 marks the evening, and 场 denotes a performance session, giving evening show.

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
日日rì
Sound part声符shēngfú
免
免miǎn晚wǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

晚 pairs 日, the sun part, with 免, which supplies the sound.

Open 晚 →

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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