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舞场 (wǔ cháng) — dance hall, ballroom

Definition

noun
dance hallballroom
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 舞场。
    Zhè jiā wǔ cháng měi wǎn dōu hěn duō rén tiào wǔ.
    This dance hall has a lot of people dancing every night.
  • 舞场。
    Tā men xǐ huan qù lǎo wǔ cháng tiào jiāo yì wǔ.
    They like to go to the old ballroom to dance ballroom dances.
  • 舞场。
    Chéng shì lǐ de wǔ cháng yuè lái yuè shǎo le.
    There are fewer and fewer dance halls in the city.

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.

舞wǔdance
场chǎngplace

“舞” names dancing and “场” names a place, so it is a place for dancing.

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
舛舛chuǎnsteps, feet in convergent direction
Sound part声符shēngfú
無
無wú舞wǔ
Same sound today

舞 combines 舛, showing feet in converging steps, with 無 above. 無 gave the sound and also preserved its older meaning of dancing, so the shape points to dancing.

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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.

Open 场 →
Appears in
Dance & Performance

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