大回转 (dà huí zhuǎn) — giant slalom (skiing event)

Definition

Alpine skiing event: racers ski down a longer course with wider-spaced gates than slalom (回转), reaching higher speeds.

noun

giant slalom (skiing event)

Measure word · 个

大回转。
Tā shì yì míng chū sè de dà huí zhuǎn yùn dòng yuán.
He is an excellent giant slalom athlete.
大回转，。
Zhè cì dà huí zhuǎn bǐ sài fēi cháng jī liè, xuǎn shǒu men sù dù hěn kuài.
This giant slalom competition was very intense; the racers were very fast.
大回转。
Tā zài dà huí zhuǎn zhōng huò dé le jīn pái.
He won a gold medal in the giant slalom.

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.

回转turn around

联合Side by side

“大” gives the large-scale sense, while “回转” describes the turning course of the event.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

車專轉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān轉zhuǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.