Chinese symbol for “scene”
现场
xiàn chǎng
Traditional: 現場
the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scene is 现场 (xiàn chǎng), defined as: the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scene”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画面 (畫面) | huà miàn | scene; tableau |
| 场景 (場景) | chǎng jǐng | scene; scenario; situation; setting |
| 场面 (場面) | chǎng miàn | scene; spectacle |
| 情景 | qíng jǐng | scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | scene; sight (to behold) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 现场.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
| 市场 (市場) | shì chǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 机场 (機場) | jī chǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 广场 (廣場) | guǎng chǎng | public square; plaza |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scene”.
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.