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参赛者 (cān sài zhě) — competitor, contestant (in a competition)

Definition

noun
competitorcontestant (in a competition)
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 参赛者。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài yǒu wǔ shí duō míng cān sài zhě cān jiā.
    There were over fifty competitors in this competition.
  • 参赛者。
    Měi wèi cān sài zhě dōu ná dào le zì jǐ de hào mǎ pái.
    Each competitor received their own number tag.
  • 参赛者。
    cān sài zhě Men zài sài chǎng shàng biǎo xiàn dé fēi cháng chū sè.
    The competitors performed very well on the field.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

参赛join contest
参cānjoin赛sàicontest
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson

参赛 (join contest) and 者 (person) combine to mean a person who joins a contest.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

Open 参 →

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →
Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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