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场内 (chǎng nèi) — inside the field; within the grounds

Definition

场内 (chǎng nèi) means 'inside the field' — used for sports venues, markets, or bounded areas like farms. Pairs with 场外 ('outside the field') as a fixed contrast.

noun
inside the fieldwithin the grounds

Examples

  • 。
    Nóng mín zài chǎng nèi zhǒng le hěn duō shū cài.
    Farmers have planted a lot of vegetables inside the field.
  • 场内。
    chǎng nèi De qì wēn bǐ wài miàn dī yì xiē.
    The temperature inside the field is a bit lower than outside.
  • 场内。
    Tā men bǎ tuō lā jī kāi jìn chǎng nèi le.
    They drove the tractor into the field.

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.

场chǎngfield
内nèiinside

场 (field) and 内 (inside) give the space within the grounds.

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 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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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 入入rùto enter
  • 冂冂jiōnghouse

The shape shows 入 entering into 冂, a house, so it pictures bringing something indoors, giving the sense inside.

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Sports & Athletics

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