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场次 (chǎng cì) — number of showings (of a film, play, etc.); screening; performance

Definition

场次 counts individual showings of a film, play, or performance — used with a number or quantity (十场次 = ten screenings). Don't confuse it with 成绩, which is a score or achievement.

noun
number of showings (of a film, play, etc.)screeningperformance
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 场次。
    Wǒ xiǎng chá yí xià míng tiān diàn yǐng de chǎng cì.
    I want to check tomorrow's movie showings.
  • 场次。
    Zhè cì yǎn chū yí gòng ān pái le shí chǎng cì.
    This performance has a total of ten showings.
  • 场次。
    Zhōu mò de chǎng cì tōng cháng mài dé hěn kuài.
    Weekend showings usually sell out quickly.

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chǎngshowing
次cìoccasion

场 is a showing and 次 is an occasion, so together they mean the number of showings.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

Open 次 →
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