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橄榄球赛 (gǎn lǎn qiú sài) — rugby game / rugby match

Definition

noun
rugby game / rugby match
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 橄榄球赛？
    Nǐ míng tiān yào qù kàn gǎn lǎn qiú sài ma?
    Are you going to watch the rugby match tomorrow?
  • 橄榄球赛，。
    Zhè chǎng gǎn lǎn qiú sài fēi cháng jī liè, guān zhòng dōu hěn xīng fèn.
    This rugby game was very intense, and the audience was very excited.
  • 橄榄球赛。
    Tā yīn wèi shòu shāng méi yǒu cān jiā nà chǎng gǎn lǎn qiú sài.
    He didn't participate in that rugby match because of an injury.

Origin

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
敢
敢gǎn橄
Same sound today

橄 uses 木 to point to a tree and 敢 to give the sound.

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 欖; 榄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
覽
覽lǎn欖lǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 欖 has 木 (tree) beside 覽, which gives the sound; the simplified 榄 is a later shorthand.

Open 榄 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →

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
Ball Games

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