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Chinese symbol for “matinee”

早场
zǎo chǎng
Traditional: 早場
morning show (at a theater or cinema); matinee

The closest CC-CEDICT match for matinee is 早场 (zǎo chǎng), defined as: morning show (at a theater or cinema); matinee.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

早 zǎo
early; soon; morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 6 strokes
场 chǎng
field, open space; market, square; stage
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “matinee”

WordPinyinMeaning
日场 (日場)rì chǎngdaytime show; matinee

Related words

Other words that share a character with 早场.

WordPinyinMeaning
早上zǎo shangearly morning; 个 (gè)
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
早期zǎo qīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
早餐zǎo cānbreakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì)
市场 (市場)shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
现场 (現場)xiàn chǎngthe scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot

See also: Japanese symbol for “matinee”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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