操场
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
操场 (cāochǎng) · sports field
操场 (cāochǎng) means “sports field; playground”. It is written with 2 characters: 操 (to conduct) + 场 (place). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 操场 is built
The characters
操 cāo · to conduct
What 操 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 喿zào — the sound of birds chirping
- 品pǐn — article
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 品pǐn — article
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 喿 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
场 chǎng · place
What 场 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 勿wù — must not
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 昜 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
学生们在操场上跑步。Xuéshēngmen zài cāochǎng shàng pǎobù.The students are running on the sports field.
我们学校的操场很大。Wǒmen xuéxiào de cāochǎng hěn dà.Our school's playground is very big.
Questions about 操场
What does 操场 mean?
操场 (cāochǎng) means “sports field; playground”.
How do you pronounce 操场?
操场 is pronounced cāochǎng.
Which HSK level is 操场?
操场 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 操作cāozuòto operate
- 体操tǐcāogymnastics
- 操心cāoxīnto worry about
- 操劳cāoláoto work hard
- 操练cāoliànto drill
- 操纵cāozòngto operate
- 机场jīchǎngairport
- 商场shāngchǎngshopping mall
- 广场guǎngchǎngpublic square
- 球场qiúchǎngsports field
Learn 操场 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 66: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.