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靶场 (bǎ chǎng) — shooting range

Definition

noun
shooting range
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 靶场。
    Tā měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù bǎ chǎng liàn xí shè jī.
    He goes to the shooting range every weekend to practice shooting.
  • 靶场，。
    Zhè ge bǎ chǎng de shè shī fēi cháng xiān jìn, xī yǐn le hěn duō ài hào zhě.
    The facilities at this shooting range are very advanced, attracting many enthusiasts.
  • 靶场。
    Jǐng chá zài bǎ chǎng jìn xíng le yí cì shí dàn xùn liàn.
    The police conducted a live-fire training session at the shooting range.

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.

靶bǎtarget
场chǎngplace

靶 refers to a target and 场 to a place, so it names a place for target practice.

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
革革gé
Sound part声符shēngfú
巴
巴bā靶bǎ
Same sound today

靶 is made from 革, which relates to the meaning, and 巴, which gives the sound.

Open 靶 →

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
Military & Defense

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