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操场

cāo chǎng · cao chang

Traditional 操場

HSK 4Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. playground
  2. sports field
  3. drill ground
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The principal plays ball

  1. Liangliang

    下课(xiàkè)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)操场(cāochǎng)打球(dǎqiú)吧(ba)。

    Class is over. Let us go to the sports field and play ball.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，操场(cāochǎng)上(shàng)人多(rénduō)吗(ma)？

    OK. Is the sports field crowded?

  3. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)人(rén)很多(hěnduō)，跑步(pǎobù)的(de)、踢球(tīqiú)的(de)，什么(shénme)都(dōu)有(yǒu)。

    There are a lot of people today: runners, football players, everything.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)操场(cāochǎng)的(de)角落(jiǎoluò)吧(ba)，那里(nàli)人少(rénshǎo)。

    Then let us go to the corner of the sports field. There are few people there.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，操场(cāochǎng)角落(jiǎoluò)里(lǐ)，校长(xiàozhǎng)一个人(yīgèrén)在(zài)打球(dǎqiú)。

    Look, the principal is playing ball alone in the corner of the sports field.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)和(hé)校长(xiàozhǎng)打(dǎ)一场(yīchǎng)吧(ba)！

    Then let us go and play a game with the principal!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

学(xué)生(sheng)们(men)在(zài)操(cāo)场(chǎng)上(shàng)跑(pǎo)步(bù)和(hé)打(dǎ)球(qiú)。

The students are running and playing ball on the sports field.

02

每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)晨(chén)他(tā)都(dōu)去(qù)操(cāo)场(chǎng)锻(duàn)炼(liàn)身(shēn)体(tǐ)。

Every morning he goes to the playground to exercise.

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操
cāo

to grasp; to hold

场
chǎng

large place used for a specific purpose; stage

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