HSK 6 · Places

场所 chǎngsuǒ “place” in Chinese

Said as chángsuǒ

Traditional 場所

What 场所 means

  1. place
  2. venue
  3. location

How to say 场所

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale场chǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale所suǒ3rd tone, dipping

Said as chángsuǒ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

场所 in a sentence

  1. 海滩是一个供孩子们玩乐的理想场所。

    Hǎitān shì yí ge gōng háizimen wánlè de lǐxiǎng chǎngsuǒ.

    The beach is an ideal place for children to play.

    Sentence #1873022 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在公共场所请控制自己不要吸烟。

    Zài gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ qǐng kòngzhì zìjǐ búyào xīyān.

    Please refrain from smoking in public places.

    Sentence #1312466 from Tatoeba

How 场所 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 场 (chǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wù

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǎng.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: an open piece of ground.

The character 所 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
所suǒactually
  • 户door · hù
  • 斤axe · jīn

How to write 场所

场 6 strokes · 所 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

场所 (chǎngsuǒ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 场所 (chǎngsuǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 场所

Words with 场

机场jīchǎng · airport商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)广场guǎngchǎng · public square操场cāochǎng · playground市场shìchǎng · marketplace当场dāngchǎng · on the spot现场xiànchǎng · scene场合chǎnghé · occasion

Words with 所

所以suǒyǐ · so厕所cèsuǒ · toilet所有suǒyǒu · all所suǒ · (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

More words: Places & Geography

边缘biānyuán · edge别墅biéshù · villa仓库cāngkù · warehouse岔chà · fork (in a road)城堡chéngbǎo · castle赤道chìdào · the equator地势dìshì · terrain方位fāngwèi · position

FAQs

场所 (chǎngsuǒ) means “place” or “venue”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chǎngsuǒ: chǎng with a 3rd tone, then suǒ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like chángsuǒ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 场所 is written 場所. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changsuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 场所 from the suggestions. Typing changsuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
场所 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.