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Chinese symbol for “quarterfinals”

八强赛
bā qiáng sài
Traditional: 八強賽
quarterfinals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for quarterfinals is 八强赛 (bā qiáng sài), defined as: quarterfinals.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

八 bā
eight; all around, all sides
radical 12 ⼋ · 2 strokes
强 qiáng
strong, powerful, energetic
radical 57 ⼸ · 12 strokes
赛 sài
to compete, to contend; contest, race
radical 154 ⾙ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “quarterfinals”

WordPinyinMeaning
八强 (八強)bā qiáng(sports) top eight; quarterfinals

Related words

Other words that share a character with 八强赛.

WordPinyinMeaning
十八shí bāeighteen; 18
八卦bā guàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经 (Yì jīng); gossip
胡说八道 (胡說八道)hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
八成bā chéngeighty percent; most probably
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
八十bā shíeighty; 80
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
比赛 (比賽)bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match

See also: Japanese symbol for “quarterfinals”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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