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棒球场 (bàng qiú cháng) — baseball field, ballpark

Definition

noun
baseball fieldballpark
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 棒球场。
    Měi gè zhōu mò tā dōu qù bàng qiú cháng dǎ bàng qiú.
    He goes to the baseball field every weekend to play baseball.
  • 棒球场。
    Zhè ge bàng qiú cháng néng róng nà liǎng wàn míng guān zhòng.
    This ballpark can hold twenty thousand spectators.
  • 棒球场。
    Xīn jiàn de bàng qiú cháng fēi cháng xiàn dài huà.
    The newly built baseball field is very modern.

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.

棒球baseball
棒bàngbat球qiúball
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngfield

棒球 'bat ball' specifies the 场 'field' used for baseball.

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
奉
奉fèng棒bàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

棒 combines 木 (wood) with 奉, which gives the sound, to write a wooden club.

Open 棒 →

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.

Open 球 →

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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