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赛后 (sài hòu) — after the game; post-match

Definition

noun
after the gamepost-match

Examples

  • 赛后。
    sài hòu Tā men yì qǐ chī le fàn.
    After the game, they ate together.
  • 赛后。
    Jì zhě zài sài hòu cǎi fǎng le yùn dòng yuán.
    The reporter interviewed the athletes after the match.
  • 赛后，。
    sài hòu Fēn xī xiǎn shì, shuāng fāng shí lì fēi cháng jiē jìn.
    Post-match analysis showed the two sides were very close in strength.

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.

赛sàimatch
后hòuafter

赛 means match, and 后 means after, so 赛后 refers to the time after a match.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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