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禁赛 (jìn sài) — to disqualify (someone) from a competition; to ban from participating

Definition

Sports term meaning to ban a player or team from competing (e.g. for doping or misconduct). Unlike 取消资格 ('disqualify', which voids a past result), 禁赛 stops future participation for a set period.

verb
to disqualify (someone) from a competitionto ban from participating

Examples

  • 禁赛。
    Tā yīn wèi shǐ yòng xīng fèn jì bèi jìn sài liǎng nián.
    He was banned from competition for two years for using doping.
  • ，。
    Tā céng jīng bèi jìn guò sài, dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng huī fù le zī gé.
    He was once banned from competition, but now his eligibility has been restored.
  • 禁赛。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài guó jì zú lián duì zhè míng qiú yuán jìn sài le.
    FIFA has disqualified this player from the current match.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

禁jìnban
赛sàimatch

禁 赛 joins banning with a match, so it means to bar someone from competing.

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
示示shìaltar
Sound part声符shēngfú
林
林lín禁jìn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

禁 has 林 above 示, an altar. The 林 part gives the sound, and the altar part connects the character to taboo or restricted matters.

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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.

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Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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