賞しょう牌はい

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Common word

Meanings

noun

medal; award medal

A medal or similar award given as a prize; more formal and written-sounding than the loanword メダル.

大たい会かいの入にゅう賞しょう者しゃに賞しょう牌はいが贈おくられた。
Medals were presented to the prizewinners in the tournament.
優ゆう勝しょう者しゃには賞しょう牌はいと賞しょう状じょうが授じゅ与よされる。
The winner is awarded a medal and a certificate.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に賞しょう牌はいを授じゅ与よするto award someone a medal
優ゆう勝しょう者しゃには金きんの賞しょう牌はいが授じゅ与よされた。
The winner was awarded a gold medal.
賞しょう牌はいを獲かく得とくするto win/obtain a medal
彼かれはオリンピックで銀ぎんの賞しょう牌はいを獲かく得とくした。
He won a silver medal at the Olympics.

Kanji

賞prize, reward, praise
牌label, signboard, medal

Related words

メダル
メダル is the common, everyday word for a medal (especially in sports), while 賞牌 is a more formal, written-sounding term used in official award contexts.
勲くん章しょう
勲章 refers to an official decoration or order conferred by the state for merit, whereas 賞牌 is the broader formal term for any award medal.

Don't confuse with

賞しょう状じょうN1
賞状 is a paper certificate of award, not a physical medal like 賞牌, though the two are often given together.

Counted with

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 賞 means 'prize' or 'award,' and 牌 refers to a tablet, plaque, or medal-like object. The spelling is semantically transparent, but no specific historical derivation is implied.