越野赛跑 (yuèyěsàipǎo): cross-country running

Measure Word

一场越野赛跑 chǎng

Meanings

1 cross-country running
2 cross-country race

Characters

wilderness / open country

Examples

HSK 2

他在越野赛跑中拿了第一名。

Tā zài yuèyěsàipǎo zhōng ná le dìyī míng.

He took first place in the cross-country race.

HSK 3

学校每年秋天都举办越野赛跑。

Xuéxiào měinián qiūtiān dōu jǔbàn yuèyěsàipǎo.

The school holds a cross-country race every autumn.

Tips

memory

越野 (cross-country, lit. 'cross-the-wild') + 赛跑 (foot race) = running off-road. Same 越野 prefix gives 越野车 (off-road vehicle, SUV).

Stroke Order

越 yuè

野 yě

赛 sài

跑 pǎo

Related Words

赛跑 sàipǎo HSK 7-9 #9,587

footrace / running race

越野 yuèyě #17,298

cross-country / off-road

跑野马 pǎoyěmǎ

to ramble off topic / to let one's thoughts or speech run wild

越野车 yuèyěchē #17,811

off-road vehicle / SUV

赛车 sàichē HSK 7-9 #5,423

car racing / race car / to race cars

越 yuè HSK 2 #711

the more... / to exceed / to cross over

越过 yuèguò HSK 7-9 #6,807

to cross over / to surmount / to go beyond

野 yě HSK 6 #2,789

wild; uncultivated / unruly; rough; uncivilized / field; open country (literary)

跑步 pǎobù HSK 3 #5,223

to run; jogging / to go running

穿越 chuānyuè HSK 7-9 #3,767

to cross / to traverse / to pass through / time travel