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卫冕 (wèi miǎn) — to defend a championship title

Definition

A sports term meaning to successfully defend an existing championship title in the next competition. More specific than general 'win' (赢) — it implies the athlete or team already holds the title and keeps it.

verb
to defend a championship title

Examples

  • 卫冕？
    Tā zhè cì néng chéng gōng wèi miǎn ma?
    Can he successfully defend his title this time?
  • ，。
    Tā yǐ jīng wèi le sān cì miǎn, zhè cì bù xiǎng fàng qì.
    He has defended the title three times, and this time he doesn't want to give up.
  • 卫冕，。
    Tā qù nián wèi miǎn, jīn nián hái xiǎng zài yíng.
    He defended his title last year, and this year he wants to win again.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

卫wèidefend
冕miǎncrown

卫 (defend) and 冕 (crown) combine to mean defending a championship title.

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 衛; 卫 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
韋
韋wéi衛wèi
Same sound today

The traditional form 衛 is built from 行 as the sense part and 韋 as the sound part; the simplified 卫 is a shorthand.

Open 卫 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 冕 →
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