Chinese symbol for “compete”
竞争
jìng zhēng
Traditional: 競爭
to compete; competition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compete is 竞争 (jìng zhēng), defined as: to compete; competition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compete”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赛 (賽) | sài | to compete; competition |
| 竞赛 (競賽) | jìng sài | to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race |
| 参赛 (參賽) | cān sài | to compete; to take part in a competition |
| 竞 (競) | jìng | to compete; to contend |
| 出赛 (出賽) | chū sài | to compete; to take part (in a sports event) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竞争.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竞选 (競選) | jìng xuǎn | to take part in an election; to run for office |
| 竞赛 (競賽) | jìng sài | to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race |
| 竞争力 (競爭力) | jìng zhēng lì | competitive strength; competitiveness |
| 竞技 (競技) | jìng jì | competition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament |
| 竞争对手 (競爭對手) | jìng zhēng duì shǒu | rival; competitor |
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compete”.
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.