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开场 (kāi chǎng) — to begin, to start (a performance, event, etc.)

Definition

开场 (kāichǎng) means a performance, match, or show officially starting — more specific than 开始 (general 'to begin') and 开头 (the opening part), and less formal than 开幕 (used for conferences and ceremonies).

verb
to beginto start (a performance, event, etc.)

Examples

  • 开场，。
    Yǎn chū kāi chǎng le, guān zhòng rè liè gǔ zhǎng.
    The performance began, and the audience applauded warmly.
  • 开场，。
    Bǐ sài kāi chǎng shí fēn zhōng hòu, tā jìn le yí gè qiú.
    Ten minutes after the game started, he scored a goal.
  • 开场。
    Dà jiā dōu qī dài diàn yǐng kāi chǎng de nà yí kè.
    Everyone is looking forward to the moment the movie begins.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

开kāiopen
场chǎngperformance

开 means to open or begin, and 场 names the performance or event, so together they mean to start it.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

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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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