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Chinese word
半决赛
Pronunciation
Pinyinbàn jué sài
Meaning
- nounsemifinal
Example
我们明天有一场半决赛。wǒ men míng tiān yǒu yì cháng bàn jué sài
We have a semifinal tomorrow.
More examples
主办方公布了半决赛的赛程。zhǔ bàn fāng gōng bù le bàn jué sài de sài chéng
The organizers announced the semifinal schedule.
Core concept
A contest that narrows a tournament to the last contenders for the final.
Common phrases
半决赛 赛程bàn jué sài sài chéng
semifinal schedule
半决赛 直播bàn jué sài zhí bō
semifinal live broadcast
半决赛 门票bàn jué sài mén piào
semifinal tickets
Similar words
决赛jué sài: The last match in a competition that decides the winner.
四分之一决赛sì fēn zhī yì jué sài: A match that decides which four teams or players advance to the semifinals.
预赛yù sài: A preliminary contest used to choose who advances to the main competition.
淘汰赛táo tài sài: A tournament format in which each loss eliminates a team or player.
Definition in Chinese
用于体育或各类比赛中，用来确定进入决赛者的比赛名称，通常指决赛之前的一轮。yòng yú tǐ yù huò gè lèi bǐ sài zhōng yòng lái què dìng jìn rù jué sài zhě de bǐ sài míng chēng tōng cháng zhǐ jué sài zhī qián de yì lún
Word origin
半决赛 (bànjuésài, "semifinal") is built from 半 (bàn, "half"), 决 (jué, "decide"), and 赛 (sài, "contest"), reflecting a contest that decides the final contenders.
Usage tips
- The measure word 场 (chǎng, "match") commonly comes before this word when referring to one match, which helps distinguish a single event from the competition stage.