参赛

參賽

cānsài

verb HSK 6 #4,393

Meanings

To participate in a competition — to compete.

Tā bàomíng cān sài le mǎlāsōng bǐsài.

She signed up to compete in the marathon.

Cān sài xuǎnshǒu bìxū nián mǎn shíbā suì.

Participants must be at least eighteen years old.

Jīnnián yǒu lái zì èrshí gè guójiā de yùndòngyuán cān sài.

This year athletes from twenty countries are competing.

usage

参赛者/参赛选手 means 'participant/contestant.' Compare with 比赛 (bǐsài, the competition itself) and 参加比赛 (a longer way to say the same thing).

参 cān

赛 sài