打靶场 (dǎ bǎ chǎng) — shooting range; target range

Definition

Compound noun for a 'shooting range' (target practice). Built from 打靶 ('shoot at a target') + 场 ('field, venue'), so it names the physical place, not the activity itself.

noun
shooting rangetarget range
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 打靶场。
    Tā měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù dǎ bǎ chǎng liàn qiāng.
    He goes to the shooting range every weekend to practice.
  • 打靶场。
    Zhè ge dǎ bǎ chǎng yǒu wǔ shí mǐ de bǎ dào.
    This shooting range has a fifty-meter lane.
  • 打靶场。
    Jǐng chá zài dǎ bǎ chǎng jìn xíng shí dàn xùn liàn.
    The police are conducting live-fire training at the range.

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.

打靶shoot at target
打dǎshoot/hit靶bǎtarget
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngplace

打靶 means shooting at a target, and 场 marks a place, so the word names a place for target shooting.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
革革gé
Sound part声符shēngfú
巴
巴bā靶bǎ
Same sound today

靶 is made from 革, which relates to the meaning, and 巴, which gives the sound.

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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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