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Summary: Learn how to write & pronounce the Chinese symbol (character) for athletes in this free Chinese language lesson video.
"O.k. now let me teach you the Chinese word for "Athlete", "yun dong yuan". "Yun dong means "sports" and "yuan" it means people that doing certain kind of things. So people that are doing sports, professionally they are "yun dong yuan". "Yun", look at this stroke, this is one stroke and then we put a long lenting stroke like this. "Dong" you see the left part of "dong" and here the part of "yun" almost the same. "Yuan". O.k., follow me to write "yun dong yuan" again. This stroke is important. "Yun dong yuan". "Athlete"."
eHow Article: How to Write "Athletes" in Chinese