{"id":16973,"date":"2022-02-10T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T22:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=16973"},"modified":"2022-02-10T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T22:01:48","slug":"beijing-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/beijing-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winter Olympics have already started in Beijing<\/strong> (\u5317\u4eac\u51ac\u5965\u4f1a\u5df2\u7ecf\u5f00\u59cb\u4e86 b\u011bi j\u012bng d\u014dng \u00e0o hu\u00ec y\u01d0 j\u012bng k\u0101i sh\u01d0 le). I can’t believe that it’s now been 14 years since I first landed in Beijing for the Summer Olympics<\/strong> (\u590f\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a xi\u00e0 j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec). It’s definitely different this time around, and not just because of the seasons. The ongoing pandemic<\/strong> (\u5927\u6d41\u884c d\u00e0 li\u00fa x\u00edng) and China’s strict “zero policy<\/strong>” (\u6e05\u96f6\u653f\u7b56 q\u012bng l\u00edng zh\u00e8ng c\u00e8) are making for a strange edition of the winter games. That’s not going to stop us from covering the 2022 Winter Olympics and teaching you some Chinese in the process. \u52a0\u6cb9!<\/p>\n

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What’s In a Name?<\/h2>\n

Reading that intro, you may have realized that the names for the Winter and Summer Olympics look a little different. While the Winter Olympics are officially called \u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a (d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec), it’s typically shortened to \u51ac\u5965\u4f1a (d\u014dng \u00e0o hu\u00ec). Similarly, the Summer Olympics can just be called \u590f\u5965\u4f1a (xi\u00e0 \u00e0o hu\u00ec). If you’ve been studying Chinese for some time, you’ve probably realized by now that many things have shortened names that are used colloquially.<\/p>\n

Beijing Hosts Again<\/h2>\n

Beijing is the host city this year<\/strong> (\u5317\u4eac\u662f\u4eca\u5e74\u7684\u4e3b\u529e\u57ce\u5e02 b\u011bi j\u012bng sh\u00ec j\u012bn ni\u00e1n de zh\u01d4 b\u00e0n ch\u00e9ng sh\u00ec). Fun fact – Beijing is the first city to ever host both the summer and winter editions of the Olympics. This also marks the 3rd Olympics in a row in East Asia after 2018 in PyeongChang<\/strong> (\u5e73\u660c p\u00edng ch\u0101ng) and 2020<\/del> 2021 in Tokyo<\/strong> (\u4e1c\u4eac d\u014dng j\u012bng). The Chinese capital won the right to host the 2022 games after beating Almaty<\/strong> (\u963f\u62c9\u6728\u56fe \u0100l\u0101 m\u00f9 t\u00fa) by four votes.<\/p>\n

The motto for this year’s Winter Olympics is “Together for a shared future<\/strong>” (\u4e00\u8d77\u5411\u672a\u6765 y\u012b q\u01d0 xi\u00e0ng w\u00e8i l\u00e1i). The emblem is called “winter dream<\/strong>” (\u51ac\u68a6 d\u014dng m\u00e8ng) – a multi-colored ribbon that looks like a figure skater and skier in the style of the Chinese character for winter. I know it sounds confusing, so just watch this 30-second video to see what they’re going for:<\/p>\n