马拉松

馬拉松

mǎlāsōng

noun #7,418

Measure Word

一场马拉松 chǎng

Meanings

1 marathon (race)
2 marathon (any long, enduring activity)

Characters

horse (used for phonetic transcription)

to pull (used for phonetic transcription)

pine; loose (used for phonetic transcription)

Phonetic transliteration of 'marathon'.

Examples

她今年完成了第一个马拉松。

Tā jīnnián wánchéng le dì yī gè mǎlāsōng.

She completed her first marathon this year.

北京马拉松每年都有很多人参加。

Běijīng mǎlāsōng měi nián dōu yǒu hěn duō rén cānjiā.

Many people participate in the Beijing Marathon every year.

这场会议简直是一场马拉松。

Zhè chǎng huìyì jiǎnzhí shì yī chǎng mǎlāsōng.

This meeting was practically a marathon.

Tips

usage

马拉松 can be used figuratively for anything that takes a very long time, just like in English. Common compounds: 半程马拉松 (bànchéng mǎlāsōng, half marathon).

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

拉 lā

松 sōng