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世界杯 meaning in English

shìjièbēi

World Cup

HSK 3noun22 strokes

Meaning of 世界杯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

Shìjièbēi
  1. World Cup

How to use 世界杯

世界杯 usually means the FIFA football World Cup, though it can also name world cups in other sports, such as 篮球世界杯 (basketball World Cup). Example: 你看世界杯了吗？(Nǐ kàn Shìjièbēi le ma?) Did you watch the World Cup?

Break it into 世界 (shìjiè) world plus 杯 (bēi) cup. The World Cup is literally the "world cup," the trophy cup the whole world competes for.

Common mistake: Learners often write 杯 with the wrong left part or confuse it with 坏 (huài, bad), which has 土 on the left instead of 木. Also keep 杯 (bēi) in the first tone, not the fourth tone bèi.

世界杯 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

现xiàn在zài全quán世shì界jiè有yǒu数shù以yǐ百bǎi万wàn计jì的de人rén看kàn世shì界jiè杯bēi。
There are millions of people all over the world who are watching the World Cup right now.
谁shuí也yě不bù工gōng作zuò。大dà家jiā在zài看kàn世shì界jiè杯bēi。
No one is working. Everyone's watching the World Cup.
世shì界jiè杯bēi 11 号hào就jiù要yào开kāi始shǐ了le。
The World Cup is going to start on the 11th.
荷hé兰lán赢yíng得de了le2010年nián世shì界jiè杯bēi足zú球qiú赛sài。
The Netherlands have won the 2010 World Cup.
因yīn为wèi有yǒu强qiáng大dà的de后hòu卫wèi，英yīng格gé兰lán队duì在zài世shì界jiè杯bēi比bǐ赛sài中zhōng总zǒng是shì表biǎo现xiàn良liáng好hǎo。
England always does well in the World Cup matches because of their strong defenders.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

世 shì · generation · 5 strokes

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界 jiè · boundary · 9 strokes

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杯 bēi · cup · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 世界杯.

杯子bēizicup; glass
干杯gānbēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast)
世界shìjièworld
去世qùshìto pass away; to die
世纪shìjìcentury
全世界quán shìjièworldwide; entire world
外界wàijièthe outside world; external
文艺界wényìjiè
边界biānjièboundary; border
世代shìdàifor many generations; generation
界限jièxiànboundary
奖杯jiǎngbēitrophy cup

Questions about 世界杯

What does 世界杯 mean?

世界杯 (shìjièbēi) means "World Cup" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 世界杯?

世界杯 is made of 3 characters: 世 (5 strokes), 界 (9 strokes), 杯 (8 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 世界杯 an HSK word?

Yes. 世界杯 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do you say "watch the World Cup" in Chinese?

Say 看世界杯 (kàn Shìjièbēi). Chinese uses 看 for watching sports matches, so 看比赛 (kàn bǐsài) means to watch a match.

Can 杯 be used as a measure word?

Yes. 杯 is the measure word for drinks in cups or glasses, as in 一杯茶 (yì bēi chá), a cup of tea. In 世界杯 it means a trophy cup instead.

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