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巡回赛 (xún huí sài) — tournament, tour (series of competitions held at different venues)

Definition

noun
tournamenttour (series of competitions held at different venues)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 巡回赛。
    Tā cān jiā le jīn nián de wǎng qiú xún huí sài.
    He participated in this year's tennis tour.
  • 巡回赛。
    Zhè ge xún huí sài xī yǐn le lái zì shì jiè gè dì de xuǎn shǒu.
    This tournament attracted players from all over the world.
  • 巡回赛。
    Xià yí zhàn xún huí sài jiāng zài shàng hǎi jǔ xíng.
    The next stop of the tour will be held in Shanghai.

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.

巡回going around
巡xúnpatrol回huíround
联合Coordinate
赛sàicompetition

巡回 means going around, and 赛 means competition, so 巡回赛 is a competition held at different places.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān巡xún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

Open 巡 →

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.

Open 回 →

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 →
Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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