HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

运动会 yùndònghuì “sports meet” in Chinese

Traditional 運動會

What 运动会 means

  1. sports meet
  2. sports carnival
  3. sports competition

Measure word 个 gè · 一个运动会 yí ge yùndònghuì

How to say 运动会

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale运yùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling

运动会 in a sentence

  1. 运动会要延期举行。

    Yùndònghuì yào yánqī jǔxíng.

    The sports day is going to be postponed.

    Sentence #5613663 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 运动会因为下雨延后了。

    Yùndònghuì yīnwèi xiàyǔ yánhòu le.

    The sports carnival was postponed because of the rain.

    Sentence #11956625 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他在运动会上的表现十分出色。

    Tā zài yùndònghuì shàng de biǎoxiàn shífēn chūsè.

    He performed brilliantly at the sports carnival.

    Sentence #471407 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 运动会 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 运 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
运yùnto move
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

The character 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 运动会

运 7 strokes · 动 6 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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运动会 (yùndònghuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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Words related to 运动会

Words with 运

运动yùndòng · to exercise运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use幸运xìngyùn · fortunate运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)命运mìngyùn · fate运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement行动xíngdòng · to act

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while误会wùhuì · to misunderstand约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party社会shèhuì · society

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

兴趣xìngqù · interest运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete晚会wǎnhuì · evening party球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)做客zuòkè · to be a guest

FAQs

运动会 (yùndònghuì) means “sports meet” or “sports carnival”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yùndònghuì: yùn with a 4th tone, then dòng with a 4th tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 运动会 is written 運動會. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one sports meet is 一个运动会 (yí ge yùndònghuì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yundonghui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 运动会 from the suggestions. Typing yundonghui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
运动会 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.