初赛 (chū sài) — preliminary round; first round (of a competition)

Definition

Examples

• 他参加了这次比赛的初赛，顺利进入了决赛。
  Tā cān jiā le zhè cì bǐ sài de chū sài, shùn lì jìn rù le jué sài.
  He participated in the preliminary round of this competition and smoothly advanced to the finals.
• 学校演讲比赛的初赛将在下周举行。
  Xué xiào yǎn jiǎng bǐ sài de chū sài jiāng zài xià zhōu jǔ xíng.
  The preliminary round of the school speech contest will be held next week.
• 很多选手在初赛就被淘汰了。
  Hěn duō xuǎn shǒu zài chū sài jiù bèi táo tài le.
  Many contestants were eliminated already in the preliminary round.