Tennis Grand Slams in Chinese 网球大满贯
wǎngqiú dàmǎnguàn
Grand Slam in Chinese is 大满贯 (dà mǎn guàn).
Also searched for as: grand slam, tennis, wimbledon.
Four tournaments, one dream. 15 words and phrases for Tennis Grand Slams in Mandarin Chinese, with pinyin and English. Open it in the app to hear each word, tick off the ones you know and turn them into flashcards.
A Grand Slam in Chinese is 大满贯 (dà mǎn guàn), and the four tournaments have neat two-character nicknames: 澳网 (ào wǎng), 法网 (fǎ wǎng), 温网 (wēn wǎng) and 美网 (měi wǎng), each built from the country or place plus 网, short for 网球 (wǎng qiú), tennis. Interest in the sport grew enormously in China after 李娜 (Lǐ Nà) won two Grand Slam singles titles. These words will help you follow a match point by point and set by set.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 网球 | wǎng qiú | tennis |
| 大满贯 | dà mǎn guàn | Grand Slam |
| 温网 | wēn wǎng | Wimbledon |
| 澳网 | ào wǎng | the Australian Open |
| 法网 | fǎ wǎng | the French Open |
| 美网 | měi wǎng | the US Open |
| 发球 | fā qiú | to serve; serve |
| 破发 | pò fā | to break serve |
| 盘 | pán | set |
| 局 | jú | game |
| 抢七 | qiǎng qī | tie-break |
| 单打 | dān dǎ | singles |
| 双打 | shuāng dǎ | doubles |
| 球拍 | qiú pāi | racket |
| 种子选手 | zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu | seeded player |
Usage tips
- Scoring runs from 分 (fēn), point, to 局 (jú), game, to 盘 (pán), set; match point is 赛点 (sài diǎn), set point 盘点 (pán diǎn) and break point 破发点 (pò fā diǎn).
- 'Hold serve' is 保发 (bǎo fā), the counterpart of 破发 (pò fā), to break serve.
- Court surfaces are 草地 (cǎo dì), grass, 红土 (hóng tǔ), clay, and 硬地 (yìng dì), hard court.
Common mistakes
- Using 游戏 (yóu xì), which means a game played for fun or a video game, for a game in tennis scoring; that is 局 (jú).
- Translating 'set' as 套 (tào), as in a set of items; in tennis it is 盘 (pán), so five sets is 五盘 (wǔ pán).
- Reading 种子选手 as zhòng zi; the noun 'seed' is zhǒng zi, third tone, while zhòng is the verb 'to plant'.
Mini dialogue
- A这次温网的决赛你看了吗？Zhè cì Wēn wǎng de jué sài nǐ kàn le ma?Did you watch the Wimbledon final?
- B看了，打了五盘，太精彩了！Kàn le, dǎ le wǔ pán, tài jīng cǎi le!Yes, it went to five sets. Brilliant!
- A第一盘是不是进了抢七？Dì yī pán shì bù shì jìn le qiǎng qī?Didn't the first set go to a tie-break?
- B对，抢七的时候他发球特别稳。Duì, qiǎng qī de shí hou tā fā qiú tè bié wěn.Yes, and his serve was rock-solid in the tie-break.
- A你自己还打网球吗？Nǐ zì jǐ hái dǎ wǎng qiú ma?Do you still play tennis yourself?
- B打，周末一起打双打吧，我刚买了个新球拍。Dǎ, zhōu mò yī qǐ dǎ shuāng dǎ ba, wǒ gāng mǎi le gè xīn qiú pāi.I do. Let's play doubles at the weekend, I've just bought a new racket.
Example sentences
- 我夏天打网球。I play tennis in summer.
- 李娜拿过两个大满贯冠军。Li Na won two Grand Slam titles.
- 温网的草地很漂亮。The grass at Wimbledon is beautiful.
- 澳网在一月。The Australian Open is in January.
- 法网是红土场地。The French Open is played on clay.
- 美网在纽约举行。The US Open is held in New York.
- 她的发球非常快。Her serve is really fast.
- 他在第三局破发了。He broke serve in the third game.
- 比赛打了五盘。The match went to five sets.
- 这一盘他赢了六局。He won six games in this set.
- 第一盘进入了抢七。The first set went to a tie-break.
- 我更喜欢看单打。I prefer watching singles.
- 我们俩一起打双打吧。Let's play doubles together.
- 我需要一个新球拍。I need a new racket.
- 一号种子选手第一轮就输了。The top seed lost in the first round.
Practise speaking
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