停机场 (tíng jī cháng) — airfield; aircraft parking area (tarmac)

Definition

Literally 'parking apron / tarmac' — the area at an airport where planes are parked, refueled, or lined up for takeoff, distinct from the runway itself. Less common than 停机坪 for this sense.

noun
airfieldaircraft parking area (tarmac)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 停机场。
    Fēi jī zhèng zài tíng jī cháng shàng pái duì qǐ fēi.
    The airplanes are lining up for takeoff on the tarmac.
  • 停机场。
    Zhè ge tíng jī cháng kě yǐ tíng fàng wǔ shí jià fēi jī.
    This airfield can park fifty planes.
  • 停机场。
    Gōng zuò rén yuán zhèng zài tíng jī cháng shàng jiǎn chá fēi jī.
    Workers are inspecting planes on the tarmac.

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.

停机parking aircraft
停tíngstop机jīaircraft
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngarea

停机场 is a 场 (area) for 停机 (parking aircraft).

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
亭
亭tíng停tíng
Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

Open 停 →

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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