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客场 (kè cháng) — away (game/location); playing or held at the opponent's venue

Definition

客场 refers to games played at the opponent's venue. Use 主场比赛 for 'home games' — 主场 is home; 客场 is away.

noun
away (game/location)playing or held at the opponent's venue
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 客场。
    Wǒ men duì xià ge xīng qī yào dǎ kè cháng.
    Our team will play an away game next week.
  • 客场。
    kè cháng De bǐ sài zǒng shì bǐ jiào nán yíng.
    Away games are always harder to win.
  • 客场。
    Zhè zhī qiú duì zài kè cháng biǎo xiàn hěn hǎo.
    This team performs very well in away matches.

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.

客kèguest
场chǎngfield

客 'guest' and 场 'field' give the opponent's playing venue.

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè客kè
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 客, 宀 is a roof and 各 gives the sound; the character meant a guest.

Open 客 →

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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