By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com
WINTER OLYMPICS in PyeongChang, South Korea, 2018
More than 90 nations are competing for gold across 15 events during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea now. Based on the Time magazine, there are 2952 athletes from 92 different countries around the world, competing in 102 events across 15 different sports over the course of the 16 days before the Games come to a close on Feb. 25, 2018.
Would you like to learn how to say the Olympic Sports in Chinese?
First of all, let’s learn how to say the Olympic Games in Chinese:
奥林匹克运动会（简称：奥运会）
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
| 1 | 奥林匹克运动会 | 奧林匹克運動會 | Àolínpǐkèyùndònghuì | Olympic Games; the Olympics |
| 2 | 简称 | 簡稱 | jiǎnchēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
| 3 | 奥运会 | 奧運會 | Àoyùnhuì | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 ; Olympic Games; the Olympics |
The three medals of the Olympic Games are the Gold Medal, the Silver Medal, and the Bronze Medal which are awarded to the three highest performing individuals or teams in each sport.
奥运会的三大奖牌：金牌，银牌，和铜牌。
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 奖牌 | 獎牌 | jiǎng pái | medal (awarded as a prize) | ||
| 2 | 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal; Classifiers: 枚 | |||
| 3 | 银牌 | 銀牌 | yín pái | silver medal; Classifiers: 枚 | ||
| 4 | 铜牌 | 銅牌 | tóng pái | bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc; Classifiers: 枚 |
The following list contains the 15 sports competing in the 2018 winter Olympics.
2018年冬季奥运会比赛项目
2018 Winter Olympic Games
高山滑雪 （Alpine skiing ）
冬季两项 （Biathlon ）
有舵雪橇 （Bobsleigh ）
越野滑雪 （Cross-country skiing ）
冰壶 （ Curling ）
花样滑冰 （ Figure skating ）
自由式滑雪 （ Freestyle skiing ）
冰球 （Ice hockey ）
无舵雪橇 （Luge ）
北欧混合式滑雪 （Nordic combined ）
短道竞速滑冰 （Short track speed skating ）
俯式冰橇 （ Skeleton ）
跳台滑雪 （Ski jumping ）
单板滑雪 （ Snowboarding ）
竞速滑冰 （ Speed skating ）
Vocabulary for 2018 Winter Olympic Games
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | EnglishDefinition | ||
| 1 | 冬季 | dōng jì | winter | |||
| 2 | 奥运会 | 奧運會 | Ào yùn huì | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 ; Olympic Games; the Olympics | ||
| 3 | 比赛 | 比賽 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc); match; Classifiers: 场 ,次 ; to compete | ||
| 4 | 项目 | 項目 | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 5 | 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine | |||
| 6 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 7 | 冬季两项 | 冬季兩項 | dōng jì liǎng xiàng | |||
| 8 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | |||
| 9 | 舵 | duò | helm; rudder | |||
| 10 | 雪橇 | xuě qiāo | sled; sledge; sleigh; bobsled | |||
| 11 | 越野 | yuè yě | cross country | |||
| 12 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 13 | 冰壶 | 冰壺 | bīng hú | jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck | ||
| 14 | 花样滑冰 | 花樣滑冰 | huā yàng huá bīng | figure skating | ||
| 15 | 自由式 | zì yóu shì | freestyle (in sports) | |||
| 16 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 17 | 冰球 | bīng qiú | ice hockey; puck | |||
| 18 | 无 | 無 | wú | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | ||
| 19 | 舵 | duò | helm; rudder | |||
| 20 | 雪橇 | xuě qiāo | sled; sledge; sleigh; bobsled | |||
| 21 | 北欧 | 北歐 | běi Ōu | north Europe; Scandinavia | ||
| 22 | 混合式 | hùn hé shì | ||||
| 23 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 24 | 短道 | duǎn dào | ||||
| 25 | 竞速 | 競速 | jìng sù | |||
| 26 | 滑冰 | huá bīng | to skate; skating | |||
| 27 | 俯 | fǔ | to look down; to stoop | |||
| 28 | 式 | shì | type; form; pattern; style | |||
| 29 | 冰橇 | bīng qiāo | sled; sledge; sleigh | |||
| 30 | 跳台滑雪 | 跳臺滑雪 | tiào tái huá xuě | ski jumping | ||
| 31 | 单板滑雪 | 單板滑雪 | dān bǎn huá xuě | to snowboard | ||
| 32 | 竞速 | 競速 | jìng sù | |||
| 33 | 滑冰 | huá bīng | to skate; skating |
**Chinese Vocabulary worksheets for winter olympic games (Downloadable worksheet)
(A more comprehensive list of Olympic sports in Chinese is provided at the end of this post.)
Let us first know what all these Olympic sports are called in English, then we will learn how to say them in Chinese. We know many of them, but some of them may not be as familiar.
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Do you want to learn how to name Olympic sports in both English and Chinese? Look at the following pictograms and see how many you can name in English and Chinese.
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Are you ready to learn more Olympic Sports in Chinese? See how many Olympic sports we can learn to say them in both Chinese and English! 1, 2, 3, go…
The following two videos will give you a glimpse of how China has trained Children for Olympic Sports. If we can have some of their grits, we may all be able to acquire the skills we set our mind to do.
Quizlet： OLYMPICS: Vocabulary Words in Mandarin Chinese – Simplified with PinYin & English
A More Comprehensive Vocabulary List of Olympic Sports
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 奥林匹克 | 奧林匹克 | Ào lín pǐ kè | Olympic | ||
| 2 | 奥林匹克运动会 | 奧林匹克運動會 | Ào lín pǐ kè yùndòng huì | Olympic Games; the Olympics | ||
| 3 | 奥运会 | 奧運會 | Ào yùn huì | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 ; Olympic Games; the Olympics | ||
| 4 | 冬季 | dōng jì | winter | |||
| 5 | 奥运会 | 奧運會 | Ào yùn huì | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 ; Olympic Games; the Olympics | ||
| 6 | 夏季 | xià jì | summer | |||
| 7 | 奥运会 | 奧運會 | Ào yùn huì | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 ; Olympic Games; the Olympics | ||
| 8 | 足球 | zú qiú | soccer ball; a football; Classifiers: 个 ; soccer; football | |||
| 9 | 网球 | 網球 | wǎng qiú | tennis; tennis ball; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 10 | 橄榄球 | 橄欖球 | gǎn lǎn qiú | football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) | ||
| 11 | 高尔夫 | 高爾夫 | gāo ěr fū | golf (loanword) | ||
| 12 | 曲棍球 | qū gùn qiú | field hockey | |||
| 13 | 羽毛球 | yǔ máo qiú | badminton; Classifiers: 个 | |||
| 14 | 手球 | shǒu qiú | team handball | |||
| 15 | 排球 | pái qiú | volleyball; Classifiers: 个 | |||
| 16 | 乒乓球 | pīng pāng qiú | table tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ball; Classifiers: 个 | |||
| 17 | 篮球 | 籃球 | lán qiú | basketball; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 18 | 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming; to swim | |||
| 19 | 花样游泳 | 花樣游泳 | huā yàng yóuyǒng | synchronized swimming | ||
| 20 | 跳水 | tiào shuǐ | to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | |||
| 21 | 水球 | shuǐ qiú | water polo | |||
| 22 | 田径 | 田徑 | tián jìng | track and field (athletics) | ||
| 23 | 自行车 | 自行車 | zì xíng chē | bicycle; bike; Classifiers: 辆 | ||
| 24 | 体操 | 體操 | tǐ cāo | gymnastic; gymnastics | ||
| 25 | 马术 | 馬術 | mǎ shù | equestrianism; horsemanship | ||
| 26 | 射箭 | shè jiàn | archery; to shoot an arrow | |||
| 27 | 射击 | 射擊 | shè jī | Shooting；to shoot; to fire (a gun) | ||
| 28 | 击剑 | 擊劍 | jī jiàn | fencing (sport) | ||
| 29 | 举重 | 舉重 | jǔ zhòng | to lift weights; weight-lifting (sports) | ||
| 30 | 拳击 | 拳擊 | quán jī | boxing | ||
| 31 | 柔道 | róu dào | judo | |||
| 32 | 摔跤 | shuāi jiāo | to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports) | |||
| 33 | 跆拳道 | tái quán dào | Taekwando (Korean martial art); Tae Kwon Do | |||
| 34 | 皮划艇 | 皮劃艇 | pí huá tǐng | canoe; kayak | ||
| 35 | 赛艇 | 賽艇 | sài tǐng | boat race; racing ship or boat; rowing (sport) | ||
| 36 | 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat | |||
| 37 | 现代五项 | 現代五項 | xiàn dài wǔxiàng | modern pentathlon | ||
| 38 | 铁人三项 | 鐵人三項 | tiě rén sānxiàng | triathlon | ||
| 40 | 奖牌 | 獎牌 | jiǎng pái | medal (awarded as a prize) | ||
| 41 | 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal; Classifiers: 枚 | |||
| 42 | 银牌 | 銀牌 | yín pái | silver medal; Classifiers: 枚 | ||
| 43 | 铜牌 | 銅牌 | tóng pái | bronze medal; Classifiers: 枚 | ||
| 44 | 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine | |||
| 45 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 46 | 冬季两项 | 冬季兩項 | dōng jì liǎngxiàng | |||
| 47 | 雪车 | 雪車 | xuě chē | |||
| 48 | 越野 | yuè yě | cross country | |||
| 49 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 50 | 冰壶 | 冰壺 | bīng hú | jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck | ||
| 51 | 花样滑冰 | 花樣滑冰 | huā yàng huábīng | figure skating | ||
| 52 | 自由式 | zì yóu shì | freestyle (in sports) | |||
| 53 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing | |||
| 54 | 冰球 | bīng qiú | ice hockey; puck | |||
| 55 | 雪橇 | xuě qiāo | sled; sledge; sleigh; bobsled | |||
| 56 | 北欧 | 北歐 | běi Ōu | north Europe; Scandinavia | ||
| 57 | 两 | 兩 | liǎng | two | ||
| 58 | 项 | 項 | xiàng | item; thing | ||
| 59 | 短道 | duǎn dào | short track | |||
| 60 | 速滑 | sù huá | speed skating | |||
| 61 | 冰橇 | bīng qiāo | sled; sledge; sleigh | |||
| 62 | 跳台滑雪 | 跳臺滑雪 | tiào tái huá xuě | ski jumping | ||
| 63 | 雪板 | xuě bǎn | snowboard; to snowboard | |||
| 64 | 速度 | sù dù | speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo; Classifiers: 个 | |||
| 65 | 滑冰 | huá bīng | to skate; skating |
Here are the sports that China traditionally champions at the Olympic Games.
Table Tennis 乒乓 (pīng pāng)
Badminton 羽毛球 (yǔ máo qiú)
Gymnastics 体操 (tǐ cāo)
Diving 跳水 (tiào shuǐ)
Weightlifting 举重 (jǔ zhòng)
Shooting 射击 (shè jī)
Swimming 游泳 (yóu yǒng)
Fencing 击剑 (jí jiàn)
Downloadable Worksheets:
Download Winter Olympics Printable set Traditional Chinese version made by Miss Panda Chinese
Download Winter Olympics Printable set Simplified Chinese version made by Miss Panda Chinese
