试验场 (shì yàn chǎng) — proving ground; testing ground

Definition

noun
proving groundtesting ground
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 试验场。
    Zhè ge shì yàn chǎng yòng yú cè shì xīn wǔ qì.
    This proving ground is used to test new weapons.
  • 试验场。
    Kē xué jiā zài shì yàn chǎng lǐ jìn xíng le duō cì shí yàn.
    Scientists conducted many experiments in the testing ground.
  • 试验场。
    Zhè ge shì yàn chǎng yǐ jīng shǐ yòng le shí nián.
    This testing ground has been in use for ten years.

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.

试验test
试shìtest验yànexamine
联合Side by side
场chǎngground

试 and 验 give the idea of testing, while 场 denotes a place, forming a testing ground.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
式
式shì試shì
Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

Open 试 →

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 驗; 验 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān驗yàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 驗 pairs 馬 (horse) with 僉 for sound; the simplified 验 is a later abbreviation.

Open 验 →

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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