参赛者 (cānsàizhě): contestant

Measure Word

一位参赛者 wèi

Meanings

1 contestant
2 competitor
3 participant (in a competition)

Characters

参

cān

to participate; to join

Examples

所有参赛者请到起点集合。

Suǒyǒu cānsàizhě qǐng dào qǐdiǎn jíhé.

All contestants, please gather at the starting point.

今年的参赛者特别多。

Jīnnián de cānsàizhě tèbié duō.

There are especially many contestants this year.

Tips

grammar

参赛 (participate in competition) + 者 (person who does something). The suffix 者 is a common way to form agent nouns in Chinese.

Stroke Order

参 cān

赛 sài

者 zhě

Related Words

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contest; competition; match / to compete in a contest

赛季 sàijì #5,096

season (sports) / competition season

大赛 dàsài HSK 6 #2,862

grand contest; major competition / championship; tournament

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market participant / market player

决赛 juésài HSK 3 #2,443

finals / final round (of a competition)

赛 sài HSK 6 #1,333

competition; match; game / to compete; to race / to surpass

挑战赛 tiǎozhànsài #5,985

challenge match / challenge competition

比赛 bǐsài HSK 3 #331

competition; match; game / to compete; to race