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专场 (zhuān cháng) — special performance; dedicated show (for a specific theme, audience, or charity)

Definition

专场 refers to a dedicated show or session aimed at a specific theme, audience, or purpose (e.g. a charity night or genre-themed recital) — a one-off event, not a regular performance.

noun
special performancededicated show (for a specific theme, audience, or charity)
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 专场。
    Zhè chǎng zhuān cháng shì wèi cí shàn juān kuǎn jǔ bàn de.
    This special performance was held for charity donations.
  • 专场，？
    Míng wǎn yǒu yí gè jīng jù zhuān cháng, nǐ xiǎng qù kàn ma?
    Tomorrow night there is a Peking opera special performance; do you want to go?
  • 专场。
    Tā de zhuān cháng mén piào yǐ jīng mài guāng le.
    Tickets for his special performance are already sold out.

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.

专zhuānspecial
场chǎngperformance

专 indicates a dedicated purpose, and 场 denotes a performance or show, giving a special performance for a theme or audience.

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 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

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
Film & Theater

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