Meaning of 赛场
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- racetrack
- field (for athletics competition)
How to use 赛场
赛场 refers to any venue where a competition takes place, and it often appears in sports news and in phrases about athletes performing. It can also be used figuratively for a competitive arena. Example: 运动员们走进了赛场。(Yùndòngyuánmen zǒu jìn le sàichǎng.) The athletes walked onto the field.
赛 (sài) means a match or race, and 场 (chǎng) means a place or ground, like in 广场 (guǎngchǎng). Put them together and you get the place where a competition happens: 赛场, the field or racetrack.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 场 with the wrong tone as chàng, or confuse it with 汤 (tāng, soup), which has the water radical 氵 instead of the earth radical 土. Also, 赛 is fourth tone sài, not third tone sǎi.
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赛 sài · to compete · 14 strokes
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场 chǎng · large place used for a specific purpose · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 赛场.
| 机场 | jīchǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circum |
| 商场 | shāngchǎng | shopping mall; shopping center |
| 广场 | guǎngchǎng | public square; plaza |
| 停车场 | tíngchēchǎng | parking lot; car park |
| 球场 | qiúchǎng | stadium; sports ground |
| 体育场 | tǐyùchǎng | stadium |
| 比赛 | bǐsài | competition (sports etc); match |
| 现场 | xiànchǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot |
| 市场 | shìchǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 决赛 | juésài | finals (of a competition) |
| 场合 | chǎnghé | occasion; situation; context; setting; venue |
| 场所 | chǎngsuǒ | location; place |
Questions about 赛场
What does 赛场 mean?
赛场 (sàichǎng) means "racetrack; field (for athletics competition)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 赛场?
赛场 is made of 2 characters: 赛 (14 strokes), 场 (6 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 赛场 an HSK word?
Yes. 赛场 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 赛场 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 赛场 is written 賽場.
What is the difference between 赛场 and 球场?
球场 (qiúchǎng) is a court or field for ball games, whether or not a match is happening. 赛场 focuses on the venue during a competition and can be used for any sport, including racing and track events.
Can 赛场 be used outside of sports?
Yes. It can describe any competitive setting, such as a contest stage or even a business market, for example 在国际赛场上 (zài guójì sàichǎng shang), meaning on the international stage of competition.