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看场 (kàn chǎng) — (verb-object) to guard a threshing ground; to watch over a field or venue

Definition

看场 (kān) is a verb-object phrase meaning to guard a threshing ground or grain-storage area, typically overnight during harvest to prevent theft. Unlike 看 (kàn, to watch/look at), here 看 is read kān and means to keep watch over.

verb
(verb-object) to guard a threshing groundto watch over a field or venue

Examples

  • ，看场。
    Nóng máng shí, tā měi tiān dōu yào qù kàn chǎng.
    During the busy farming season, he goes to guard the threshing ground every day.
  • 。
    Tā zuó wǎn zài gǔ cāng kàn le yì chǎng.
    He watched over the granary for one session last night.
  • 看场，。
    Cūn lǐ ān pái rén lún liú kàn chǎng, fáng zhǐ liáng shi bèi tōu.
    The village arranged people to take turns guarding the threshing ground to prevent grain from being stolen.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

看kànwatch
场chǎngfield

看场 pairs 看, to watch or guard, with 场, a field or venue; it means guarding such a place.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 看 puts 手 (hand) over 目 (eye), showing a hand placed above the eyes to gaze into the distance.

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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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Appears in
Agriculture & Farming

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