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球场 (qiú chǎng) — sports ground, court, field (for ball games); stadium

Definition

A field, court, or pitch where ball games (basketball, football, tennis) are played. Use 场地 for the venue of any event; 体育馆 is the indoor building (often with courts inside).

noun
sports groundcourtfield (for ball games)stadium
Measure word · 个, 处

Examples

  • 球场。
    Wǒ men xià wǔ zài qiú chǎng dǎ lán qiú.
    We play basketball on the court in the afternoon.
  • 球场。
    Tā zuó tiān zài qiú chǎng tī zú qiú.
    He played soccer on the field yesterday.
  • 球场。
    Zhè ge qiú chǎng néng zuò yí wàn rén.
    This stadium can seat ten thousand people.

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.

球qiúball
场chǎngfield

球 means ball and 场 means field or court, together naming a place for ball games.

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →

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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