場

简 场 · 繁 場
Cantonese · source Jyutpingcoeng4#

Meanings · coeng4

  1. territory; turf
  2. classifier for movies and concerts
  3. classifier for acquaintance
Cantonese · source Jyutpingcoeng4#

Meanings · coeng4

  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
  6. field
  7. market
  8. open space
  9. spell
  10. bout, a classifier
  11. a business
  12. a bar
  13. a nightclub
  14. a place of entertainment
  15. a triad headquarters
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Same syllable, six tones

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 場 cháng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinthreshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
  • 場 chǎng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chang3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng4

Cantonese word readings for 場. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. open space; field; market; large place used for a specific purpose
  2. venue; course
  3. stage; platform; stand
  4. whole show or match
  5. (physics) field (region affected by a particular force)
  6. (Hong Kong Cantonese) short for 商場/商场 (“mall; shopping centre”)
  7. Classifier for scenes (of a play).
  8. Classifier for sporting or recreational activities. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  9. Classifier for exams.
  10. a surname, Chang

character · Etymology 1

  1. level open space (often as a threshing floor)
  2. (dialectal, colloquial) market
  3. Classifier for events and happenings: spell; bout

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity場 场 [chang3] {coeng4} /territory; turf/classifier for movies and concerts/classifier for acquaintance/

SHA-256: fc3ec52e0bd2d8a9666a88e4a8fbf2725b5dab9a7d55c39c2fd5b51ad557f61b

場 场 [chang3] {coeng4} /large place used for a specific purpose/stage/scene (of a play)/classifier for sporting or recreational activities/classifier for number of exams/field/market/open space/spell / bout, a classifier/a business/a bar/a nightclub/a place of entertainment/a triad headquarters/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 95df0043b6a5a15ec9a842626e708ba602ca25b1fd790dab2c02a318c33c9664