季军

季軍
jìjūn
noun #50,462

Meanings

  1. 1 third place; bronze medalist
  2. 2 second runner-up

Examples

Zhōngguó duì huòdé le běn jiè shìjǐnsài de jìjūn.
The Chinese team won third place at this world championship.
Guànjūn, yàjūn hé jìjūn dōu dēngshàng le lǐngjiǎngtái.
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists all climbed the podium.

Tips

history
The sequence // (gold/silver/bronze) comes from the classical ordering for brothers: eldest, second, third, youngest. as ‘third in rank’ was later borrowed for sport. here means ‘rank’ not army.

Stroke Order

jūn