赛车场 (sài chē chǎng) — race track, racing circuit, speedway

Definition

noun
race trackracing circuitspeedway
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 赛车场。
    Zhè ge sài chē chǎng měi nián dōu jǔ bàn guó jì bǐ sài.
    This race track hosts international competitions every year.
  • 赛车场。
    Tā kāi chē qù sài chē chǎng liàn xí piāo yí.
    He drove to the race track to practice drifting.
  • 赛车场。
    Xīn jiàn de sài chē chǎng yǒu zuì xiān jìn de jì shí xì tǒng.
    The newly built speedway has the most advanced timing system.

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.

赛车race cars
赛sàirace车chēcar
动宾Verb + object
场chǎngfield

赛车 (race cars) plus 场 (field) names a place where cars race.

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 賽; 赛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
塞
塞sāi賽sài
Same sound today

The traditional form 賽 uses 貝 (shell) for meaning and 塞 for sound. The simplified 赛 is a later shorthand.

Open 赛 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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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