体坛

體壇
tǐtán
noun #46,869

Meanings

  1. 1 sports world
  2. 2 sporting circles

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhè tiáo xīnwén zhènjīng le zhěnggè tǐtán.
The news shocked the whole sports world.
HSK 7-9
Tā shíliù suì jiù zài guójì tǐtán shàng zhǎnlù-tóujiǎo.
At sixteen she was already making her name in international sport.

Tips

usage
体 is short for 体育 'sports', and 坛 'altar, platform' turns a field into its whole world, as in 文坛 'the literary world' and 影坛 'the film world'. It is mostly a word of sports journalism.

In Pop Culture

体坛周报 Tǐtán Zhōubào
Titan Sports
Sports newspaper founded in Changsha in 1988, for years the best-selling sports paper in China.

Stroke Order

体 tǐ
坛 tán