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竞技场 (jìng jì chǎng) — arena; sports arena; competition venue

Definition

noun
arenasports arenacompetition venue
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 竞技场。
    Zhè ge jìng jì chǎng kě yǐ róng nà wǔ wàn míng guān zhòng.
    This arena can hold fifty thousand spectators.
  • 竞技场。
    Yùn dòng yuán men zài jìng jì chǎng shàng fèn lì pīn bó.
    The athletes are striving hard in the arena.
  • 竞技场。
    Nà zuò xīn jiàn de jìng jì chǎng jiāng chéng wéi ào yùn huì de bǐ sài chǎng dì.
    That newly built arena will become the competition venue for the Olympics.

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.

竞技competition
竞jìngcompete技jìskill
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngplace

竞技 for competition plus 场 for a place gives an arena.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 競; 竞 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 競 shows 誩 (argument) above two 儿 (men), as two individuals debating vigorously; the simplified 竞 is a later abbreviation.

Open 竞 →

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
支
支zhī技jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

技 pairs 扌 (hand) with 支, which gives the sound. The hand part fits the idea of skill or ability done with the hands.

Open 技 →

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
Sports & Athletics

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