停赛 (tíng sài) — to suspend (a match or competition); to suspend… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to suspend (a match or competition)to suspend (a player) from competing

Examples

，停赛。
Yīn wèi tiān qì bù hǎo, bǐ sài bèi tíng sài le.
Because the weather was bad, the match was suspended.
停赛。
Zhè míng qiú yuán yīn wèi fàn guī bèi tíng sài le sān chǎng.
This player was suspended for three matches due to a foul.
停赛。
Lián sài jué dìng tíng sài suǒ yǒu bǐ sài yì zhōu.
The league decided to suspend all matches for one week.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

停 means to stop, and 赛 is a match, so it describes suspending a match.

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.

亻亭停

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

亭

亭tíng停tíng

Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

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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