对抗赛 (duì kàng sài) — dual meet (a sports competition between two tea…

Definition

noun

dual meet (a sports competition between two teams)

Measure word · 场

Examples

对抗赛。
Zhè chǎng duì kàng sài xī yǐn le shàng wàn míng guān zhòng.
This dual meet attracted tens of thousands of spectators.
对抗赛。
Liǎng zhī duì wu zài duì kàng sài zhōng zhǎn kāi le jī liè jué zhú.
The two teams engaged in fierce competition during the dual meet.
对抗赛。
Xià ge yuè de duì kàng sài jiāng jué dìng shuí jìn rù jué sài.
Next month's dual meet will determine who advances to the finals.

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.

对抗opposing

对duìface抗kàngresist

联合Coordinate

赛sàicontest

对抗 means facing off, and 赛 means contest, so the term names a meet between opposing teams.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

丵丵zhuótool for digging
土土tǔearth
又又yòuhand

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

Open 对 →

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

扌亢抗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

亢

亢kàng抗kàng

Same sound today

抗 is made from 扌, a written form of 手 (hand), and 亢, which gives the sound.

Open 抗 →

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