联赛 (lián sài) — (sports) league; league tournament

Definition

noun

(sports) leagueleague tournament

Measure word · 个

联赛。
Zhè ge lián sài yí gòng yǒu èr shí zhī qiú duì cān jiā.
This league has a total of twenty teams participating.
联赛。
Jīn nián tā jiā rù le měi guó zhí yè lán qiú lián sài.
This year he joined the American professional basketball league.
联赛。
Zhè zhī lián sài de guàn jūn jiāng huò dé jiǎng jīn.
The champion of this league will receive a bonus.

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.

联 refers to a league or joined grouping and 赛 to a contest, so 联赛 is a league competition.

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 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

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

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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