锦标赛 (jǐn biāo sài) — championship, tournament | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

championshiptournament

Measure word · 个

Examples

锦标赛。
Tā yíng dé le zhè cì jǐn biāo sài de guàn jūn.
He won the championship of this tournament.
锦标赛。
Jīn nián de jǐn biāo sài xī yǐn le lái zì shì jiè gè dì de xuǎn shǒu.
This year's championship attracted players from all over the world.
锦标赛。
Tā cān jiā le quán guó jǐn biāo sài bìng huò dé le dì èr míng.
She participated in the national championship and got second place.

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.

锦标brocade prize

锦jǐnbrocade标biāomark

偏正Modifier + head

赛sàicontest

锦 as brocade and 标 as a mark name a prize, and 赛 is a contest for it.

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 錦; 锦 is its simplified writing.

金帛錦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

帛帛bó

Sound part声符shēngfú

金

金jīn錦jǐn

Same sound today

The traditional form 錦 pairs 金, which gives its sound, with 帛, cloth.

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 標; 标 is its simplified writing.

木票標

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

票

票piào標biāo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 標 pairs 木 with 票, and 票 gives the sound; the simplified 标 is the modern form of that traditional character.

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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