Chinese word

场

Pronunciation

Pinyinchǎng

Meaning

  • measure wordgame

Example

今天有三场比赛。jīn tiān yǒu sān chǎng bǐ sài

There are three games today.

Illustration for 场 (game)

More examples

昨天我们看了一场电影。zuó tiān wǒ men kàn le yì cháng diàn yǐng

Yesterday, we watched one movie.

Core concept

One organized event as a complete round, or the physical space set aside for it.

Common phrases

  • 一场比赛yì cháng bǐ sài

    one game

  • 一场电影yì cháng diàn yǐng

    a movie

  • 一场雨yì cháng yǔ

    a spell of rain

Similar words

次cì: Counts the number of times an action or event takes place.
回huí: Counts a single occurrence of an action or event as one occasion.
个gè: Acts as a general counter for a single person or thing.

Definition in Chinese

作量词时表示一次活动或一场事变的单位；作名词时指用于举行活动的场所或空地。zuò liàng cí shí biǎo shì yí cì huó dòng huò yì cháng shì biàn de dān wèi zuò míng cí shí zhǐ yòng yú jǔ xíng huó dòng de cháng suǒ huò kòng dì

Word origin

场 (chǎng, "place") is the simplified form of 場 (chǎng, "place"), whose 土 (tǔ, "earth") component connects it to a piece of ground set aside for an activity.

Usage tips

  • English often counts events with words such as game or match, but Chinese places 场 (chǎng, "event measure word") after the number when counting a whole event.

Other meanings

  • placenoun
  • venuenoun

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