中継

ちゅうけい
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1

A relay or hook-up: forwarding signals, goods, people, etc., from one point to another; also the equipment or relay point used for this.

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選手たちは中継地点でバトンを渡した。

The athletes passed the baton at the relay point.

携帯電話の電波は中継局で中継される。

Mobile phone signals are relayed at relay stations.

国際会議の音声は複数のサーバーを経由して中継された。

The audio of the international conference was relayed through multiple servers.

2

Short for relay broadcasting: a live broadcast relayed from a venue or another station (TV/radio).

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サッカーの試合を全国で中継する予定だ。

They plan to broadcast the soccer match nationwide.

中継中に通信障害が起きて映像が途切れた。

A communication failure occurred during the relay broadcast and the video was interrupted.

そのイベントは生中継で放送された。

The event was broadcast live.

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