CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

马拉松

mǎlāsōng

(loanword) marathon

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(loanword) marathon

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 马拉松 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 马拉松 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我们将参加马拉松。wǒ men jiāng cān jiā mǎ lā sōng。

We will take part in the marathon.

150个人参加了马拉松比赛。150 gè rén cān jiā le mǎ lā sōng bǐ sài。

One hundred and fifty people entered the marathon race.

报纸上的体育新闻、大量的运动用品店、参加马拉松或其他赛跑的人数都可以证明，运动在世界各地越来越受欢迎。bào zhǐ shàng de tǐ yù xīn wén、 dà liàng de yùn dòng yòng pǐn diàn、 cān jiā mǎ lā sōng huò qí tā sài pǎo de rén shù dōu kě yǐ zhèng míng， yùn dòng zài shì jiè gè dì yuè lái yuè shòu huān yíng。

That sports are gaining in popularity all over the world is evidenced by the sports news in the papers, by the many sports equipment stores, and by the number of runners who participate in marathons or other races.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 马拉松.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 马拉松.

Directly before

参加马拉松4
了马拉松1
跑马拉松1

Directly after

马拉松比赛1
马拉松的1
马拉松了1
马拉松或1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 马拉松

What does 马拉松 mean in Chinese?

马拉松 (mǎlāsōng) means (loanword) marathon.

How do you pronounce 马拉松?

马拉松 is pronounced mǎlāsōng.

Is 马拉松 an HSK word?

马拉松 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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