xuǎn shǒu
an athlete selected for a sports meet; contestant
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有请下一位选手。
yǒu qǐnɡ xià yì wèi xuǎn shǒu .
Please welcome our next contestants.
他们是我们国家的选手。
tā men shì wǒ mén ɡuó jiā de xuǎn shǒu .
They are the players from our country.
这位选手夺冠了。
zhè wèi xuǎn shǒu duó ɡuàn le .
This player has won the championship.
运动员 (yùn dòng yuán)
athlete
参赛者 (cān sài zhě)
contestant
观众 (guān zhòng)
audience
裁判 (cài pán)
referee
The Chinese word 选手 (xuǎnshǒu) is composed of two characters: 选 (xuǎn) and 手 (shǒu). The character 选 originally meant "to choose" or "to select", and it is often used in the context of choosing people for a particular task or position. The character 手, on the other hand, means "hand" or "arm", and it is often used to refer to a person's skills or abilities. When these two characters are combined, the word 选手 takes on the meaning of "a person who has been selected for a particular task or position", or more specifically, "a contestant in a competition or a sportsperson".
