Meaning of 联赛
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (sports) league
- league tournament
How to use 联赛
联赛 refers to a sports league or a league season where teams play each other over time, often in football and basketball. It commonly appears with names of leagues or countries. Example: 他在英超联赛踢球。(Tā zài Yīngchāo liánsài tī qiú.) He plays football in the Premier League.
联 (lián) means to join or link, as in 联合 (liánhé), and 赛 (sài) means a contest, as in 比赛 (bǐsài). A 联赛 is many teams linked together in one long series of contests.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 联赛 for any single game, but a single match is 比赛 (bǐsài), and the final round is 决赛 (juésài). Also keep the tones straight: lián is second tone and sài is fourth tone.
联赛 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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联 lián · ally · 12 strokes
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赛 sài · to compete · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 联赛.
| 比赛 | bǐsài | competition (sports etc); match |
| 联系 | liánxì | connection; contact |
| 联合 | liánhé | to combine; to join |
| 决赛 | juésài | finals (of a competition) |
| 联合国 | Liánhéguó | United Nations |
| 互联网 | hùliánwǎng | Internet |
| 联络 | liánluò | to get in touch with; to contact |
| 竞赛 | jìngsài | to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race |
| 联想 | liánxiǎng | to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection |
| 大奖赛 | dàjiǎngsài | grand prix |
| 联盟 | liánméng | alliance; union |
| 大赛 | dàsài | grand contest |
Questions about 联赛
What does 联赛 mean?
联赛 (liánsài) means "(sports) league; league tournament" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 联赛?
联赛 is made of 2 characters: 联 (12 strokes), 赛 (14 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.
Is 联赛 an HSK word?
Yes. 联赛 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 联赛 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 联赛 is written 聯賽.
Can 联赛 mean a league as an organization, like a group of teams?
It usually means the competition or season itself, not the governing body. For the organization, Chinese often uses words like 联盟 (liánméng) or 协会 (xiéhuì).
What verbs go with 联赛?
Common ones are 参加联赛 (cānjiā liánsài) to take part in the league and 赢得联赛 (yíngdé liánsài) to win the league. You can also say 联赛冠军 (liánsài guànjūn) for league champion.