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训练场 (xùn liàn cháng) — training ground; training facility

Definition

noun
training groundtraining facility
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 训练场。
    Shì bīng men měi tiān zài xùn liàn cháng shàng pǎo bù.
    The soldiers run on the training ground every day.
  • 训练场。
    Zhè ge xùn liàn cháng kě yǐ tóng shí róng nà wǔ bǎi rén xùn liàn.
    This training facility can accommodate five hundred people training at the same time.
  • 训练场。
    Jiào liàn dài duì yuán qù xùn liàn cháng liàn xí shè mén.
    The coach took the team to the training ground to practice shooting.

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.

训练training
训xùntrain练liànpractice
联合Coordinate
场chǎngground

训练 gives the purpose, 场 names the place where it happens.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

Open 训 →

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 練; 练 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
柬
柬jiǎn練liàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 練 has 糸, silk, and 柬, which gives the sound. The simplified 练 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not historical.

Open 练 →

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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