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体育场 (tǐ yù chǎng) — stadium, sports field

Definition

noun
stadiumsports field
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体育场。
    Míng tiān wǒ men qù tǐ yù chǎng kàn zú qiú bǐ sài.
    Tomorrow we go to the stadium to watch a football match.
  • 体育场。
    Zhè ge tǐ yù chǎng kě yǐ róng nà wǔ wàn rén.
    This stadium can hold 50,000 people.
  • 体育场。
    tǐ yù chǎng De zhōu wéi yǒu hěn duō shāng pù.
    There are many shops around the stadium.

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.

体育sports
体tǐbody育yùeducation
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngfield

体育 sports and 场 field together mean a place for sports.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 育 →

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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