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飞机场 (fēi jī chǎng) — airport

Definition

noun
airport
Measure word · 处

Examples

  • 飞机场。
    Cóng fēi jī chǎng zuò chū zū chē dào shì zhōng xīn dà yuē xū yào sān shí fēn zhōng.
    It takes about thirty minutes from the airport to the city center by taxi.
  • 。
    Zhè zuò xīn fēi jī chǎng qù nián nián dǐ cái tóu rù shǐ yòng.
    This new airport only came into use at the end of last year.
  • ，飞机场。
    Yīn wèi tiān qì yuán yīn, fēi jī chǎng de suǒ yǒu háng bān dōu yán wù le.
    All flights at the airport were delayed due to weather.

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.

飞机aircraft
飞fēifly机jīmachine
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngplace

飞机 means aircraft and 场 means a place, together naming a place for aircraft.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

Open 飞 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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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