場合

場合

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

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 場 (ば)合 (あい) (baai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎnghé, chánghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˇ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ hap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-ha̍p
• Min Nan (POJ): tiûⁿ-ha̍p / tiôⁿ-ha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǎnghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaangher
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
    • Pinyin: chánghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngher
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 場合／场合 長河／长河

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ hap⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ heb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-ha̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: congˇ hab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² hab⁶
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ hap̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiûⁿ-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tiûnn-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dviu'hap
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiũ²³⁻³³ hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiũ²⁴⁻²² hap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiũ²⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiôⁿ-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tiônn-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvioi'hap
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔ̃¹³⁻²² hap̚¹²¹/

Noun

場合

1. place
2. occasion; situation; setting

   正式場合 / 正式场合  ―  zhèngshì chǎnghé  ―  formal setting

Derived terms

公開場合／公开场合

Related terms

• 場所／场所 (chǎngsuǒ)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ばあい [bàáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠a̠i]
• Sometimes pronounced as ばわい bawai instead of usual ばあい baai, analyzed as epenthesis.

Noun

場合 (hiragana ばあい, rōmaji baai, historical hiragana ばあひ)

1. case (as in in "that case"), occasion
   • 1916, 河上肇, 貧乏物語:

     ドイツの場 (ばあ)合 (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.

2. circumstances, situation
   • 1917, 芥川龍之介, 偸盗:

     あるいは場 (ばあ)合 (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.

Synonyms

• (case): 時 (とき) (toki), 時 (じ)機 (き) (jiki)
• (circumstances): 事 (じ)情 (じょう) (jijō), 境 (きょう)遇 (ぐう) (kyōgū)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 場合
• → Vietnamese: trường hợp

References

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