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公开赛 (gōng kāi sài) — open tournament; open (sports competition open to all qualifiers)

Definition

noun
open tournamentopen (sports competition open to all qualifiers)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 公开赛。
    Jīn nián de wǎng qiú gōng kāi sài xī yǐn le quán shì jiè zuì hǎo de xuǎn shǒu.
    This year's tennis open attracted the best players from around the world.
  • 公开赛。
    Tā dì yī cì cān jiā gāo ěr fū gōng kāi sài jiù dǎ jìn le qián èr shí míng.
    He made it into the top twenty in his first golf open.
  • 公开赛。
    Zhè cì gōng kāi sài de zǒng jiǎng jīn gāo dá yì bǎi wàn měi yuán.
    The total prize money for this open is as high as one million US dollars.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

公开publicly open
公gōngpublic开kāiopen
偏正Modifier + head
赛sàicompetition

公开 describes 赛 as a tournament open to all.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

One theory sees 公 as a picture of a wide-mouthed, round-bottomed jar.

Open 公 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賽; 赛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
塞
塞sāi賽sài
Same sound today

The traditional form 賽 uses 貝 (shell) for meaning and 塞 for sound. The simplified 赛 is a later shorthand.

Open 赛 →
Appears in
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