場合

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See also: 场合

Chinese

courtyard; open space; place
courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
 
to close; to gather; to join
to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
 
trad. (場合) 場 合
simp. (场合) 场 合

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 場(ば)合(あい) (bāi) (Chen, 2019, Huang, 2020).

Pronunciation

Noun

場合

  1. occasion; situation; setting; place
    正式場合／正式场合  ―  zhèngshì chǎnghé  ―  formal setting
    這個問題以後在公開場合就別再提了。 [MSC, trad.]
    这个问题以后在公开场合就别再提了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè ge wèntí yǐhòu zài gōngkāi chǎnghé jiù bié zài tí le.
    Don't mention this issue in public in the future.

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
場 合
ば
Grade: 2 		あい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Sometimes pronounced as ばわい bawai instead of usual ばあい baai, analyzed as epenthesis.

Noun

場(ば)合(あい) • (baai) ←ばあひ (baafi)?

  1. if, when
    店(みせ)の中(なか)で食(た)べたり飲(の)んだりする場(ば)合(あい)は消(しょう)費(ひ)税(ぜい)が 10(じゅう)％になります。
    Mise no naka de tabetari nondari suru baai wa shōhizei ga jū pāsento ni narimasu.
    When eating or drinking in the store, the consumption tax will be 10%.
  2. case, occasion, circumstances, situation
    • 1917, 芥川龍之介, 偸盗:
      あるいは場(ば)合(あい)によっては、殺(ころ)されてもいい。
      Arui wa baai ni yotte wa, korosarete mo ii.
      In some circumstances, it's not bad to be killed.
    • 1916, 河上肇, 貧乏物語:
      ドイツの場(ば)合(あい)が特(とく)にそうである。
      Doitsu no baai ga toku ni sō de aru.
      It's particularly the case with Germany.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 場合 / 场合 (chǎnghé)
  • → Vietnamese: trường hợp

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
場合

Noun

場合

  1. chữ Hán form of trường hợp (“occasion; case”).
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