赌场 (dǔ chǎng) — casino

Definition

noun
casino
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 赌场。
    Tā qù dǔ chǎng wán le yí gè wǎn shàng.
    He went to the casino and played for an evening.
  • 赌场。
    Zhè jiā dǔ chǎng zài shì zhōng xīn zuì fán huá de jiē shàng.
    This casino is on the busiest street in the city center.
  • 赌场。
    Hěn duō rén yīn wèi qù dǔ chǎng ér shū le hěn duō qián.
    Many people lost a lot of money because they went to casinos.

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.

赌dǔgambling
场chǎngplace

赌 is gambling and 场 is a place, so the word names a place for gambling.

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 賭; 赌 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell; money
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě賭dǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 賭 combines 貝 (shell; money) with 者, and this shape expresses the meaning to wager or to bet. The simplified 赌 is a shorthand.

Open 赌 →

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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