{"id":9783,"date":"2014-02-18T10:31:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2014-02-16T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:01:47","slug":"winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk About the Winter Olympics in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an exciting time of the year as the <strong>Winter Olympics<\/strong> (\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a &#8211; d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec) are currently underway in <strong>Sochi<\/strong> (\u7d22\u5951 &#8211; su\u01d2 q\u00ec). The motto for this year&#8217;s games is, &#8220;<strong>Hot. Cool. Yours.<\/strong>&#8221; (\u6fc0\u60c5\u51b0\u706b\u5c6c\u65bc\u4f60 &#8211; j\u012b q\u00edng b\u012bng hu\u01d2 sh\u01d4 y\u00fa n\u01d0); hopefully it sounds better in Russian than it does in English and Chinese. Maybe you saw an exciting event on TV last night, but you just don&#8217;t know how to talk about it with your Chinese friends or colleagues. Never fear, as we&#8217;re here to teach you some useful Chinese vocabulary about the Winter Olympics and the various sports:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2014_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_.png\" aria-label=\"2014 Winter Olympics Logo.svg  300x133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9784\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9784\" alt=\"The 2014 Winter Olympics.\"  width=\"300\" height=\"133\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2014_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-300x133.png\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2014 Winter Olympics.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>alpine skiing (\u9ad8\u5c71\u6ed1\u96ea &#8211; g\u0101o sh\u0101n hu\u00e1 xu\u011b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>biathlon (\u51ac\u5b63\u4e24\u9879 &#8211; d\u014dng j\u00ec li\u01ceng xi\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>bobsled (\u96ea\u8f66 &#8211; xu\u011b ch\u0113)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>cross-country skiing (\u8d8a\u91ce\u6ed1\u96ea &#8211; yu\u00e8 y\u011b hu\u00e1 xu\u011b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>curling (\u51b0\u58f6\u8fd0\u52a8 &#8211; b\u012bng h\u00fa y\u00f9n d\u00f2ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>figure skating (\u82b1\u6837\u6ed1\u51b0 &#8211; hu\u0101 y\u00e0ng hu\u00e1 b\u012bng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>freestyle skiing (\u81ea\u7531\u5f0f\u6ed1\u96ea &#8211; z\u00ec y\u00f3u sh\u00ec hu\u00e1 xu\u011b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>ice hockey (\u51b0\u7403 &#8211; b\u012bng qi\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>luge (\u96ea\u6a47 &#8211; xu\u011b qi\u0101o)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>nordic combined (\u00a0\u5317\u6b27\u4e24\u9879 &#8211; b\u011bi&#8217;\u014du li\u01ceng xi\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>short track speed skating (\u77ed\u9053\u901f\u6ed1 &#8211; du\u01cen d\u00e0o s\u00f9 hu\u00e1)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>skeleton (\u94a2\u67b6\u96ea\u8f66 &#8211; g\u0101ng ji\u00e0 xu\u011b ch\u0113)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>ski jumping (\u8df3\u53f0\u6ed1\u96ea &#8211; ti\u00e0o t\u00e1i hu\u00e1 xu\u011b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>snowboarding (\u6ed1\u677f\u6ed1\u96ea &#8211; hu\u00e1 b\u01cen hu\u00e1 xu\u011b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>speed skating (\u901f\u5ea6\u6ed1\u51b0 &#8211; s\u00f9 d\u00f9 hu\u00e1 b\u012bng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some more fun with some of this vocabulary, you can print flashcards and play a little memory game. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misspandachinese.com\/winter-olympics-matching-game-printables\/\">Click here to check it out<\/a>. As for the Chinese athletes, it seems as if it&#8217;s going to be a good year for speed skating. At the moment, China already has two gold medals in short track speed skating, as well as a gold and a silver in speed skating. Speaking of medals, how do you say those words in Chinese, anyways?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>gold medal (\u91d1\u724c &#8211; j\u012bn p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>silver medal (\u94f6\u724c &#8211; y\u00edn p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>bronze medal (\u94dc\u724c &#8211; t\u00f3ng p\u00e1i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"China wins first two gold medals at Sochi Olympics\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckGkd2iFsFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>CCTV news clip about China&#8217;s first couple of gold medals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how the games turn out, as there has been much debate and discussion about them already. As for this blogger, I&#8217;ll be sitting on the edge of my seat every time the USA men&#8217;s hockey team hits the ice, screaming &#8220;<strong>Go America!<\/strong>&#8221; (\u7f8e\u56fd\u52a0\u6cb9 &#8211; m\u011bi gu\u00f3 ji\u0101 y\u00f3u).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2014_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-350x156.png\" 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\/2014\/02\/2014_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-350x156.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2014_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_.png 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It&#8217;s an exciting time of the year as the Winter Olympics (\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a &#8211; d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec) are currently underway in Sochi (\u7d22\u5951 &#8211; su\u01d2 q\u00ec). The motto for this year&#8217;s games is, &#8220;Hot. Cool. Yours.&#8221; (\u6fc0\u60c5\u51b0\u706b\u5c6c\u65bc\u4f60 &#8211; j\u012b q\u00edng b\u012bng hu\u01d2 sh\u01d4 y\u00fa n\u01d0); hopefully it sounds better in Russian than it does&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/winter-olympics\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":9784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[303557,303558,303556,304820,2633],"class_list":["post-9783","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-chinese-athletes","tag-chinese-olympic-team","tag-chinese-vocabulary-for-winter-olympics","tag-sochi","tag-winter-olympics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783","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=9783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9786,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions\/9786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}