HSK 6 · Places

现场 xiànchǎng “scene” in Chinese

Traditional 現場

What 现场 means

  1. scene
  2. on the spot
  3. live
  4. the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
  5. (at) the site

How to say 现场

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale场chǎng3rd tone, dipping

现场 in a sentence

  1. 一群人聚集在现场。

    Yì qún rén jùjí zài xiànchǎng.

    A crowd gathered at the scene.

    Sentence #8886337 from Tatoeba

  2. 医护人员已抵达事发现场。

    Yīhù rényuán yǐ dǐdá shìfā xiànchǎng.

    Paramedics have arrived at the scene.

    Sentence #12300838 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这里就是意外现场了。

    Zhèlǐ jiù shì yìwài xiànchǎng le.

    This is where the accident happened.

    Sentence #793864 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 现场 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 现 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
现xiànto appear
  • 王king · wáng
  • 见to see · jiàn

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.

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.

How to write 现场

现 8 strokes · 场 6 strokes

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

Words related to 现场

Words with 现

现在xiànzài · now发现fāxiàn · discover出现chūxiàn · to appear现金xiànjīn · cash现代xiàndài · modern times表现biǎoxiàn · to show实现shíxiàn · to achieve体现tǐxiàn · to embody现实xiànshí · reality现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon

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场所chǎngsuǒ · place场合chǎnghé · occasion

More words: Places & Geography

寺庙sìmiào · temple塔tǎ · tower亭子tíngzi · pavilion峡谷xiágǔ · canyon巷xiàng · lane乡镇xiāngzhèn · towns and villages沿海yánhǎi · coastal园林yuánlín · gardens

FAQs

现场 (xiànchǎng) means “scene” or “on the spot”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiànchǎng: xiàn with a 4th tone, then chǎng with a 3rd tone. 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, 现场 is written 現場. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 现场 from the suggestions. Typing xianchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
现场 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.