No. 5,709 in Chinese
参赛
"参赛" means "to participate in a competition."
In a sentence
他决定今年要参赛参加全国歌唱比赛。
He decided to compete in the national singing competition this year.
In this sentence, '参赛' indicates the action of deciding to participate in a specific competition, emphasizing the act of joining.
所有参赛者请在比赛开始前签到。
All participants, please sign in before the competition starts.
Here, '参赛者' refers to individuals who are competing, deriving the meaning of '参赛' as individuals involved in the event.
参赛的队伍已经开始做准备，为比赛做最后的冲刺。
The competing teams have already started preparing for the final sprint of the competition.
The phrase '参赛的队伍' describes teams that are participating in the competition, showing the descriptive function of '参赛' when linked with other elements.
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