冠军赛 (guàn jūn sài) — championship contest

Definition

noun

championship contest

Measure word · 个

Examples

冠军赛。
Tā cān jiā le jīn nián de quán guó guàn jūn sài.
He participated in this year's national championship contest.
冠军赛。
Zhè zhī duì wu zài guàn jūn sài zhōng biǎo xiàn chū sè.
This team performed excellently in the championship contest.
冠军赛。
Jué sài shì guàn jūn sài de zuì hòu yì chǎng bǐ sài.
The final is the last match of the championship contest.

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.

冠军champion

冠guānfirst军jūngroup

偏正Modifier + head

赛sàicontest

冠军 names the top place or winner in a contest, and 赛 is the contest, so 冠军赛 is a championship contest.

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.

冖元寸冠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冖冖mìhat

寸寸cùnhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán冠guàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冠 shows a hand putting a hat on a head: 寸 is the hand, 冖 is the hat, and 元 is the head.

Open 冠 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

車車jūcart; chariot
勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

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 →

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