yà jūn
second place; runner-up
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中国队在奥运会上获得了亚军。
Zhōngguó duì zài Ào yùn huì shàng huò dé le yà jūn.
The Chinese team won the second place in the Olympic Games.
他在比赛中获得了亚军。
Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le yà jūn.
He won the second place in the competition.
她这次考试获得了亚军。
Tā zhè cì kǎo shì huò dé le yà jūn.
She won the second place in this exam.
冠军 (guàn jūn)
champion
季军 (jì jūn)
third place
The Chinese word 亚军 (yàjūn) for "second place" or "runner-up" is composed of two characters: 亚 (yà) and 军 (jūn). The character 亚 (yà) originally meant "next to" or "inferior to", and was often used in ancient Chinese texts to refer to the second-best person or thing in a competition or ranking. The character 军 (jūn) originally meant "army" or "military", but was also used more broadly to refer to a group of people or things. In the context of 亚军, the character 军 (jūn) is used in its broader sense to refer to the group of competitors in a competition, and the character 亚 (yà) is used to indicate that the person or thing being referred to is the second-best in that group.
