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场景 (chǎng jǐng) — scene; setting (in a film, play, or real life); scenario; situation (abstract or hypothetical)

Definition

场景 (chǎngjǐng) is a 'scene' or 'setting' in a film, play, or real-life situation. Compared with 场合 (an occasion where certain behavior fits), 场景 focuses on the visual context rather than social context.

noun
scenesetting (in a film, play, or real life)scenariosituation (abstract or hypothetical)

Examples

  • 场景。
    Zhè ge chǎng jǐng shè jì dé fēi cháng zhēn shí.
    This setting is designed very realistically.
  • 场景。
    Wǒ men xū yào fēn xī gè zhǒng kě néng de chǎng jǐng.
    We need to analyze all possible scenarios.
  • 场景。
    Dǎo yǎn duì nà ge chǎng jǐng de pāi shè yāo qiú hěn gāo.
    The director had high requirements for filming that scene.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

场chǎngscene
景jǐngview

The first element 场 means a scene and the second 景 means a view; together they mean a setting or scenario.

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.

Open 场 →

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
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
京
京jīng景jǐng
Same sound today

景 has 日 (sun) with 京, which gives its sound; it originally meant sunlight.

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