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Canada Hosts World Mahjong Championship SAMPLE
Canada Hosts World Mahjong Championship
SAMPLE
加拿大举办第七届世界麻将大赛
加拿大举办第七届世界麻将大赛
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Pinyin
Pinyin
Keywords
举办 - jǔbàn - to conduct / to hold
世界 - shìjiè - world
麻将 - májiàng - mahjong
届 - jiè - measure word for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
举行 - jǔxíng - to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc.)
比赛 - bǐsài - competition / match
一共 - yīgòng - altogether
选手 - xuǎnshǒu - athlete / contestant
参加 - cānjiā - to participate / to take part / to join
国家 - guójiā - country / nation / state
地区 - dìqū - local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area
历史 - lìshǐ - history
一般 - yībān - same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general
需要 - xūyào - to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need
牌 - pái - mahjong tile / playing card / game pieces / signboard / plate / tablet / medal
位 - wèi - measure word for people (honorific)
重要 - zhòngyào - important / significant / major
签证 - qiānzhèng - visa / certificate / to certify
激烈 - jīliè - intense / acute / fierce
国际 - guójì - international
用脑 - yòngnǎo - to undertake mental work / to use the brain
游戏 - yóuxì - game
受欢迎 - shòuhuānyíng - popular / well-received
了解 - liǎojiě - to understand / to realise / to find out
成为 - chéngwéi - to become / to turn into
项目 - xiàngmù - item / project / sports event
Grammar
Number + 多 - Expressing a number in excess with "Number + duō"
这次比赛一共有160多名选手参加,他们来自17个国家和地区。
麻将在中国已经有一百多年的历史了。
麻将在世界上越来越受欢迎,已经有 40 多个国家的人在玩了。
来自 + Place - Expressing "to come from (a place)" with "láizì + Place"
这次比赛一共有160多名选手参加,他们来自17个国家和地区。
虽然…,但是… - Expressing "even though…, but..." with "suīrán...,dànshì..."
虽然她现在老了,身体不太好,但还是每天都打麻将。
对 + Noun + 来说 - Expressing a more formal "for / according to sb / sth" with "duì + Noun + láishuō"
麻将对她来说是非常重要的。
有一个叫高尔飞的选手说,国际麻将对他来说更像一个用脑的游戏,非常有意思。
那么 + Adj. - Expressing "so / so much…" with "nàme + Adj."、
她说,拿第几名没那么重要,重要的是她玩得很开心。
A + 像 + B - Expressing "A resembles / is like B" with "A + xiàng + B" (used to compare characteristics)
有一个叫高尔飞的选手说,国际麻将对他来说更像一个用脑的游戏,非常有意思。
越来越 + Adj. - Expressing "more and more..." with "yuèláiyuè + Adj."
麻将在世界上越来越受欢迎,已经有40多个国家的人在玩了。
Subject + 让 + Sb / Sth + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "to make or let sb / sth to do sth" with "Subject + ràng + sb / sth + Verb / Verb Phrase" (causative verb)
举办这个比赛的人希望有更多的人了解麻将,爱玩麻将,想让它成为奥运会的一个项目。
Proper Nouns
加拿大 - Jiānádà - Canada奥运会 - Àoyùnhuì - Olympic Games / the Olympics
Idioms
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