{"id":12467,"date":"2016-08-15T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2016-08-10T17:03:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T21:03:28","slug":"chinese-vocabulary-summer-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-vocabulary-summer-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Vocabulary &#8211; Summer Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every four years, the eyes of the world are on the <strong>Summer Olympics\u00a0<\/strong>(\u590f\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a \u2013 xi\u00e0 j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec). \u00a0This year, the games are taking place in <strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong> (\u91cc\u7ea6\u70ed\u5185\u5362 &#8211; l\u01d0 yu\u0113 r\u00e8 n\u00e8i l\u00fa), the first time the games have been held in South America. The slogan for the 2016 Olympics is \u201c<strong>A new world<\/strong>&#8221; (\u4e00\u4e2a\u65b0\u4e16\u754c &#8211; y\u012b g\u00e8 x\u012bn sh\u00ec ji\u00e8). Over 11,000 athletes representing 206 different nations are competing in the games this year. Everyone is talking about them all over the world, but you might have a little trouble doing so in Chinese if you don\u2019t know the lingo. Never fear, because we\u2019re here to help!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Summer Olympic Sports in Chinese<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12468\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42767444@N04\/3945252406\/in\/photolist-71Cs6d-ropXqF-qcYhz4-bBQEAe-a81QLp-8N2xDo-rCzpHq-75iZTn-bnfVGP-brdkZW-71yrtn-8MPazf-cRc19d-7DioHT-a81QJ2-boVu7C-74gk6J-e15CCj-74giCV-bJxPmn-71yrpP-cZpcuL-8MPhzm-bjU87g-cKTbP5-a81QKV-dWF8cY-8MLdWK-8MKZnr-8ML5hB-e15CyN-dWzut4-dWzuGK-8ML77t-d2kr53-8vGbTe-qJ5byM-e15CEU-8MLarB-8ML9fx-B44v7p-74ehBZ-8ML2JF-dQ1kYJ-cmrT4d-bxh871-9bVW1e-8MLeia-d2kzE1-dPUJn4\" aria-label=\"3945252406 A9ef27b57d O\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12468\"  alt=\"Maracana Stadium in Rio. Photo by Around the rings1992 from flickr.com.\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o.jpg 621w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maracana Stadium in Rio. Photo by Around the rings1992 from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To get you talking about the Olympics in Chinese, here are all of the events in alphabetical order in\u00a0English, along with the Chinese translation and <em>pinyin<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">archery (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u5c04\u7bad<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013 sh\u00e8 ji\u00e0n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">badminton (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u7fbd\u6bdb\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013 y\u01d4 m\u00e1o qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">basketball (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u7bee\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0l\u00e1n qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">boxing (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u62f3\u51fb<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0qu\u00e1n j\u00ed)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">canoe (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u8f7b\u8247<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> &#8211; q\u012bng t\u01d0ng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>slalom (<span class=\"s4\">\u6fc0\u6d41<\/span> &#8211; j\u012b li\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>sprint (\u9759\u6c34 &#8211; j\u00ecng shu\u01d0)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>cycling (<span class=\"s4\">\u81ea\u7531\u8f66<\/span> &#8211; z\u00ec y\u00f3u ch\u0113)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>road (road (<span class=\"s4\">\u516c\u8def\u8d5b<\/span> &#8211; g\u014dng l\u00f9 s\u00e0i))<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>track (<span class=\"s4\">\u573a\u5730\u8d5b<\/span> &#8211; ch\u01ceng d\u00ec s\u00e0i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>BMX (<span class=\"s4\">\u5c0f\u8f6e\u8f66<\/span> &#8211; xi\u01ceo l\u00fan ch\u0113)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>mountain (<span class=\"s4\">\u5c71\u5730\u8d5b<\/span> &#8211; sh\u0101n d\u00ec s\u00e0i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">diving (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u8df3\u6c34<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0ti\u00e0o shu\u01d0)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>equestrian (<span class=\"s4\">\u9a6c\u672f<\/span> &#8211; m\u01ce sh\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">fencing (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u51fb\u5251<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0j\u00ed ji\u00e0n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>field hockey (<span class=\"s4\">\u66f2\u68cd\u7403<\/span> &#8211; q\u016b g\u00f9n qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>golf (<span class=\"s4\">\u9ad8\u5c14\u592b\u7403<\/span> &#8211; g\u0101o \u011br f\u016b qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">gymnastics (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u4f53\u64cd<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0t\u01d0 c\u0101o)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>handball (<span class=\"s4\">\u624b\u7403<\/span> &#8211; sh\u01d2u qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>judo (<span class=\"s4\">\u67d4\u9053 &#8211; <\/span>r\u00f3u d\u00e0o)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>modern pentathlon (<span class=\"s4\">\u73b0\u4ee3\u4e94\u9879<\/span> &#8211; xi\u00e0n d\u00e0i w\u01d4 xi\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">\n<h3><span class=\"s6\">rowing (<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u5212\u8239 &#8211; hu\u00e1 chu\u00e1n<\/span><span class=\"s6\">)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>rugby (<span class=\"s4\">\u6a44\u6984\u7403<\/span> &#8211; g\u01cen l\u01cen qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">sailing (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u5e06\u8239<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0f\u0101n chu\u00e1n)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">shooting (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u5c04\u51fb<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0sh\u00e8 j\u00ed)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">soccer (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u8db3\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0z\u00fa qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">swimming (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u6e38\u6cf3<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0y\u00f3u y\u01d2ng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">synchronized swimming (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u6c34\u4e0a\u82ad\u857e &#8211; shu\u01d0 sh\u00e0ng b\u0101 l\u011bi<\/span><span class=\"s2\">)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">table tennis (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u4e52\u4e53\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0p\u012bng p\u0101ng qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>taekwondo (<span class=\"s4\">\u8dc6\u62f3\u9053<\/span> &#8211; t\u00e1i qu\u00e1n d\u00e0o)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">tennis (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u7f51\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0w\u01ceng qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">triathlon (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u94c1\u4eba\u4e09\u9879<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0ti\u011b r\u00e9n s\u0101n xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">track and field (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u7530\u5f84<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0ti\u00e1n j\u00ecng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">volleyball (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u6392\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0p\u00e1i qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">beach volleyball (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u6c99\u6ee9\u6392\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0sh\u0101 t\u0101n p\u00e1i qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>indoor volleyball (<span class=\"s4\">\u5ba4\u5185\u6392\u7403<\/span> &#8211; sh\u00ec n\u00e8i p\u00e1i qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">water polo (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u6c34\u7403<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013 shu\u01d0 qi\u00fa)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">weight lifting (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u4e3e\u91cd<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> \u2013\u00a0j\u01d4 zh\u00f2ng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">wrestling (<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u89d2\u529b &#8211; ju\u00e9 l\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"s2\">)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prizes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12469\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamescridland\/7700151398\/in\/photolist-cJrhK1-7TGK2z-7DQBeL-cJrgJ5-88a3CB-8KgHv8-bDK5q4-88deNN-88a3wp-cHbs9U-cQMhd1-9nZESd-7FyXDZ-82U4fb-d4tUpY-7L44Eg-cPC1kq-dbyViD-7GKcPg-7NqV2y-9Mvaz-7FrfNA-cPMZq5-7m9H77-7TKZ4q-4TEhFY-7BrVaN-cHyZ7y-dZkgmy-5rrsRt-5rvKZS-82QSPM-ejerNC-5rvL4d-d4tVUy-5bkbEX-k2EkMg-9dmrST-5rrsYM-7E4bbE-5rvNdb-7DkSwq-7GK4Yn-5rvL9N-cJDZdW-5dxBST-7GPb6m-7GKqax-k2GHXo-d4tWXm\" aria-label=\"7700151398 70ef7b7b5b Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12469\" class=\"wp-image-12469\"  alt=\"2012 gold medals. Image by James Cridland from flickr.com.\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 gold medals. Image by James Cridland from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course, all athletes dream of taking home a medal to their home country. Here are the Chinese\u00a0names for the three medals that are up for grabs in each event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>gold medal\u00a0(\u91d1\u724c \u2013 j\u012bn p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>silver medal\u00a0(\u94f6\u724c \u2013\u00a0y\u00edn p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>bronze medal (\u94dc\u724c \u2013\u00a0t\u00f3ng p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Chinese Team<\/h2>\n<p>The 2016 installment of the games marks the 10th time China has sent a team to compete since their debut back in 1952. As the most populous country in the world, it should come as no surprise that China has sent quite a few athletes &#8211; 412 to be exact &#8211; to compete in 29 different sports. Track and field is the event with the most Chinese athletes, at 56. While China is expected to pull in quite a few gold medals, perhaps the biggest star of the team thus far has been Fu Yuanhui (\u5085\u56ed\u6167). After winning a bronze medal in swimming, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/fu-yuanhui-olympics_us_57aa0ecae4b0ba7ed23da025\">her cheerful interview made her an overnight sensation<\/a>, particularly on social media. Watch the interview with English subtitles and see for yourself:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mAvyojeegCE<\/p>\n<p>We hope you all enjoy watching the Olympics, and best of luck to all the Chinese athletes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Every four years, the eyes of the world are on the Summer Olympics\u00a0(\u590f\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a \u2013 xi\u00e0 j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec). \u00a0This year, the games are taking place in Rio de Janeiro (\u91cc\u7ea6\u70ed\u5185\u5362 &#8211; l\u01d0 yu\u0113 r\u00e8 n\u00e8i l\u00fa), the first time the games have been held in South America. The slogan for the 2016 Olympics is&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-vocabulary-summer-olympics\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":12469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[425123,451968,303558,451966,127450,451967,451965,2360,127448],"class_list":["post-12467","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-olympics","tag-chinese-lesson-olympic-games","tag-chinese-olympic-team","tag-chinese-olympics-vocabulary","tag-chinese-vocabulary-for-olympics","tag-chinese-vocabulary-for-sports","tag-chinese-words-for-olympic-sports","tag-olympics","tag-summer-olympics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12471,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467\/revisions\/12471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}