下一场 (xià yī cháng) — the next match, game, or performance; the next round or session

Definition

Refers specifically to the next scheduled match, game, or performance — like 'the next game' or 'the next show'. Used with the measure word 场, focused on one upcoming event rather than a series.

noun
the next matchgameor performancethe next round or session
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 。
    Wǒ men duì zài xià yī cháng bǐ sài zhōng dǎ dé hěn hǎo.
    Our team played very well in the next match.
  • 下一场。
    xià yī cháng Biǎo yǎn jiāng huì zài wǎn shàng bā diǎn kāi shǐ.
    The next performance will start at 8 pm.
  • 下一场，。
    Tīng shuō míng tiān de xià yī cháng shì jué sài, fēi cháng guān jiàn.
    I heard that tomorrow's next round is the final, very crucial.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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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.

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