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练习场 (liàn xí chǎng) — driving range (golf); practice court (for tennis, basketball, etc.); practice ground (for general sports training)

Definition

noun
driving range (golf)practice court (for tennis, basketball, etc.)practice ground (for general sports training)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 练习场。
    Tā měi tiān qù liàn xí chǎng dǎ gāo ěr fū qiú.
    He goes to the driving range to play golf every day.
  • 练习场。
    Wǎng qiú yùn dòng yuán zài liàn xí chǎng liàn xí fā qiú.
    Tennis players practice serving at the practice court.
  • 练习场。
    Zhè ge liàn xí chǎng néng tóng shí róng nà yì bǎi rén xùn liàn.
    This practice ground can accommodate 100 people training at the same time.

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.

练习practice
练liànpractice习xípractice
联合Coordinate
场chǎngground/place

练 and 习 both mean practice, and 场 is a place, a ground for practice.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 練; 练 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
柬
柬jiǎn練liàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 練 has 糸, silk, and 柬, which gives the sound. The simplified 练 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not historical.

Open 练 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 習; 习 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 習 pairs 羽 (wings) with 日 (sun), showing a bird learning to fly; the simplified 习 is a later shorthand.

Open 习 →

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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