排球场 (pái qiú chǎng) — volleyball court

Definition

noun
volleyball court
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 排球场。
    Xué xiào xīn jiàn le yí gè pái qiú chǎng.
    The school built a new volleyball court.
  • 排球场。
    Tā men zhèng zài pái qiú chǎng shàng dǎ bǐ sài.
    They are playing a match on the volleyball court.
  • 排球场。
    pái qiú chǎng Páng biān zhǒng le hěn duō shù.
    Many trees are planted beside the volleyball court.

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.

排球volleyball
排páirow球qiúball
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngcourt

排球 is the volleyball, and 场 is the court, so 排球场 means the place for playing it.

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
非
非fēi排pái
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, 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.

Open 场 →

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