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网球场 (wǎng qiú chǎng) — tennis court

Definition

noun
tennis court
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 网球场。
    Zhè ge wǎng qiú chǎng hěn dà.
    This tennis court is very big.
  • 网球场。
    Tā men qù wǎng qiú chǎng dǎ wǎng qiú.
    They go to the tennis court to play tennis.
  • 网球场。
    Zhè ge wǎng qiú chǎng zài xué xiào de hòu miàn.
    This tennis court is behind the school.

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.

网球tennis
网wǎngnet球qiúball
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngcourt

网 and 球 name the ball game, and 场 gives the place where it is played.

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 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
罔
罔wǎng網wǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

Open 网 →

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 →
Appears in
Ball GamesSports & Athletics

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