奥赛

奧賽

àosài

noun

Meanings

1 academic Olympiad (math, physics, chemistry, etc.)
2 subject Olympiad competition

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Examples

他从小就参加数学奥赛，拿过全国金牌。

Tā cóng xiǎo jiù cānjiā shùxué àosài, ná guò quánguó jīnpái.

He's competed in math Olympiads since he was young and won a national gold medal.

很多重点中学的尖子生都在搞奥赛。

Hěnduō zhòngdiǎn zhōngxué de jiānzǐshēng dōu zài gǎo àosài.

Top students at key high schools are all doing Olympiads.

Tips

culture

Short for 奥林匹克学科竞赛. The five major 奥赛 subjects (math, physics, chemistry, biology, informatics) used to give gao-kao bonus points and automatic top-university admission; that pipeline was largely curtailed in the 2020 双减 reforms but 奥赛 training remains a serious parallel track.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

赛 sài