Meaning of 亚军
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- second place (in a sports contest)
- runner-up
How to use 亚军
亚军 is used for the second-place finisher in sports and other competitions, often with 获得 (huòdé) or 得了 (dé le). Example: 她在比赛中获得了亚军。(Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdé le yàjūn.) She won second place in the competition.
亚 (yà) means second or inferior, and 军 (jūn) means army, as in 冠军 (guànjūn) champion. The 亚军 is the army that came in just behind the winner.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 亚 as yā or yǎ, but it is fourth tone, yà. Also, 亚军 is not about soldiers. In this word 军 refers to a ranked position in a contest, as in 冠军.
Stroke order for each character
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亚 yà · Asia · 6 strokes
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军 jūn · army · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 亚军.
| 亚运会 | Yàyùnhuì | Asian Games |
| 冠军 | guànjūn | champion |
| 军人 | jūnrén | serviceman; soldier |
| 将军 | jiāngjūn | general; high-ranking military officer |
| 军队 | jūnduì | armed forces; troops |
| 海军 | hǎijūn | navy |
| 军事 | jūnshì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 空军 | kōngjūn | air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked |
| 陆军 | lùjūn | army; ground forces |
| 军舰 | jūnjiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
| 军官 | jūnguān | officer (military) |
| 参军 | cānjūn | to join the army; (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp |
Questions about 亚军
What does 亚军 mean?
亚军 (yàjūn) means "second place (in a sports contest); runner-up" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 亚军?
亚军 is made of 2 characters: 亚 (6 strokes), 军 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 亚军 an HSK word?
Yes. 亚军 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 亚军 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 亚军 is written 亞軍.
How do you say third place in Chinese?
Third place is 季军 (jìjūn). The full set is 冠军 (first), 亚军 (second), and 季军 (third).
Why does 亚 also appear in words like 亚洲?
亚 is also used to write the sound of Asia, as in 亚洲 (Yàzhōu) Asia and 亚运会 (Yàyùnhuì) Asian Games. In 亚军 it carries its other meaning of second.