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机场 (jī chǎng) — airport

Definition

noun
airport
Measure word · 家, 处

Examples

  • 机场。
    Wǒ míng tiān qù jī chǎng jiē péng you.
    I'm going to the airport tomorrow to pick up a friend.
  • 机场，。
    jī chǎng Lí wǒ jiā hěn yuǎn, zuò chū zū chē yào yí gè xiǎo shí.
    The airport is far from my home; it takes an hour by taxi.
  • 机场。
    Tā zài jī chǎng děng fēi jī.
    She is waiting for the plane at the airport.

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.

机jīaircraft
场chǎngplace

The place 场 is defined by 机, the aircraft it serves.

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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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