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溜冰场 (liū bīng chǎng) — skating rink (for ice skating or roller skating)

Definition

noun
skating rink (for ice skating or roller skating)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 溜冰场。
    Jīn tiān wǒ men qù liū bīng chǎng huá bīng ba.
    Let's go to the skating rink today.
  • 溜冰场，。
    Zhè ge liū bīng chǎng hěn dà, néng tóng shí róng nà jǐ bǎi rén.
    This skating rink is very large and can hold several hundred people at once.
  • 溜冰场。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou cháng qù fù jìn de liū bīng chǎng wán.
    When I was little, I often went to play at the nearby skating rink.

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.

溜冰
溜liūslide冰bīngice
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngplace

溜冰 means to slide on ice, and 场 is a place, giving a skating place.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
留
留liú溜liù
Same sound today

The left part 氵 shows water; the right part 留 gives the sound. The evidence connects 溜 to a river name.

Open 溜 →

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
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
冫
仌bīng冰bīng
Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

Open 冰 →

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 →
Appears in
Outdoor RecreationSports & Athletics

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