場 (coeng4 | chang3 chang2) : sports arena; open space; field; show

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場

coeng4

chang3 chang2

[粵] coeng4 [國] chang3
[1] [n] sports arena; field; square; market
[2] [n] show; game; competition; match
[3] [measure] session; performance; scene

[粵] coeng4 [國] chang2
[1] [n] level open space; threshing ground
[2] [measure] spell; period; bout

[variant] 塲

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

場 / 场

This word has been viewed 18618 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Apr 2014 02:31

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専場 jyun1 coeng4 zhuan1 chang3 = Special performance show. Intended for limited audience.

市場 si5 coeng4 shi4 chang3 = a market; a marketplace; a fair; a bazaar.

廣場 gwong2 coeng4 guang3 chang3 = public square

機場 gei1 coeng4 ji1 chang3 = airport

中場 zung1 coeng4 zhong1 chang3 = [soccer] midfield

沙場 saa1 coeng4 sha1 chang3 = sandpit; battleground; battlefield

農夫市場 nung4 fu1 si5 coeng4 nong2 fu1 shi4 chang3 = Farmer's market

廣場舞 gwong2 coeng4 mou5 guang3 chang2 wu3 = plaza dancing

入場 jap6 coeng4 ru4 chang3 = to enter; admission

股票市場 gu2 piu3 si5 coeng4 gu3 piao4 shi4 chang2 = the stock market; stock exchange
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阿媽去咗超級市場買嘢。粵
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.

我而家喺機場等緊下班機。粵
I am waiting for the next plane at the airport.

啱啱收到現場最新嘅消息粵
We've just received an on-the-spot update.
[Lit. just now receive on-the-spot most new [possessive particle] news. Std. Chinese: 剛剛收到現場最新的消息. (Heard this sentence on a news report.)]

在這個環境，這個〝場〞字是個量詞。國
The character "場" is a classifier in this context.
[口語：喺呢個環境，呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]

未有耐開場粵
Some time more before the show begins.

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷，但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.

香港機場與時並進
Hong Kong Airport is to improve and advance with the times.

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

踢咗兩場波﹐爛咗兩個波。粵
We've got two soccer balls burst after two games.
[兩場波 and 兩個波 are both patterned as 'numeral + measure + noun'. However, 場 is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 踢 whereas 個 is a noun measure (or classifier) that modifies the noun 波.]

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