場 (cháng)
Field; place; classifier for events/movies/games.
How 場 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 土 — earth
- Traditional
- 場
- Simplified
- 场
場 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- cháng
- threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
- chǎng
- large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities
Common words using 場
- 市場 shìchǎng
- marketplace; market (also in abstract)
- 廣場 guǎngchǎng
- public square; plaza
- 機場 jīchǎng
- airport; airfield; CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4]
- 現場 xiànchǎng
- lit. actual location; the scene (of the incident); on-the-spot
- 立場 lìchǎng
- position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 職場 zhíchǎng
- workplace; career
- 上場 shàngchǎng
- on stage; to go on stage; to take the field
- 下場 xiàchǎng
- to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- 中場 zhōngchǎng
- middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times); midfield; mid-court (in sports)
- 主場 zhǔchǎng
- home ground (sports); home field; main venue
- 停車場 tíngchēchǎng
- parking lot; car park
- 入場 rùchǎng
- to enter the venue for a meeting; to enter into an examination; to enter a stadium, arena etc
場 in a sentence
我們去籃球場打球吧。
Wǒmen qù lánqiúchǎng dǎqiú ba.
“Let's go to the basketball court to play ball.”
How common is 場?
場 is the 249th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 60.5% of all running text.
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