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赛艇 (sài tǐng) — rowing (the sport); racing boat, rowing boat (shell); to row (in a boat race)

Definition

Use 赛艇 (sàitǐng) as a noun for the sport of competitive rowing or the racing boat itself, and as a verb meaning to row in such a race — more formal and competition-oriented than casual 划船 (huá chuán, 'to row a boat').

rowing (the sport)racing boatrowing boat (shell)to row (in a boat race)
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Examples

  • 赛艇。
    Tā men cān jiā le yí cì sài tǐng bǐ sài.
    They participated in a rowing competition.
  • 。
    Tā qù nián sài guò yí cì tǐng.
    He rowed once last year.
  • 赛艇。
    Zhè ge zhōu mò wǒ men qù sài tǐng ba.
    Let's go rowing this weekend.

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sàirace
艇tǐngboat

赛 gives the idea of racing, and 艇 is a boat, so the term denotes a racing boat or rowing.

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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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
舟舟zhōuboat
Sound part声符shēngfú
廷
廷tíng艇tǐng
Same sound today

艇 pairs 舟, meaning boat, with 廷, which gives the sound.

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