友谊赛 (yǒu yì sài) — friendly match (sports) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

friendly match (sports)

Measure word · 场

Examples

友谊赛。
Zhè chǎng yǒu yì sài hěn jīng cǎi.
This friendly match was very exciting.
友谊赛。
Tā men xià zhōu yào dǎ yì chǎng yǒu yì sài.
They are going to play a friendly match next week.
友谊赛。
Zhè cì yǒu yì sài shì wèi le qìng zhù liǎng gè xué xiào de yǒu hǎo guān xì.
This friendly match was to celebrate the friendly relationship between two schools.

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.

友谊friendship

友yǒufriend谊yìfriendship

联合Side by side

友谊 (friendship) + 赛 (match): a match played in a friendly spirit.

Characters in this word

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

又又友

又又yòu
又又yòu

友 is drawn as two 又, the hand form, side by side. The old explanation says two hands together mean friendship.

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 誼; 谊 is its simplified writing.

言宜誼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

宜

宜yí誼yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 誼 pairs 言, the speech part, with 宜 as a sound part; the simplified 谊 is a later abbreviation.

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.

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