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运动会 (yùn dòng huì) — sports meet, sports competition

Definition

运动会 is the event itself — a school or organized sports meet, not the activity. 运动 is the general activity (sports, exercise); add 会 to mean the formal competition/event.

noun
sports meetsports competition
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 运动会。
    Wǒ men xué xiào xià ge yuè yǒu yí gè yùn dòng huì.
    Our school has a sports meet next month.
  • 运动会。
    Wǒ cān jiā yùn dòng huì de pǎo bù bǐ sài.
    I participate in the running competition of the sports meet.
  • 运动会。
    Tā zài yùn dòng huì zhōng ná le dì yī.
    He got first place in the sports meet.

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.

运动sports
运yùnmove动dòngmove
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

运动 means “sports,” and 会 means “meeting,” so the word is a sports meet.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 3Sports & Athletics

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