广场 guǎngchǎng public square
public square; plaza
How to remember 广场: 广 broad + 场 measure word for games and performances = public square.
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How it is used
- A public square/plaza: 天安门广场 (Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng) Tiananmen Square; also shopping plazas.
- Modern commercial use too - 万达广场 (a mall/plaza).
- Common: 广场舞 (guǎngchǎngwǔ) the square-dancing aunties do in public plazas.
Example sentences
- 天安门广场位于北京市中心。 Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng wèiyú Běijīng Shì zhōngxīn.Tiananmen Square is in the center of Beijing.
- 她住在罗素广场56号。 Tā zhù zài luósù guǎngchǎng 56hào.She lived at 56 Russell Square.