Chinese symbol for “competitive”
竞相
jìng xiāng
Traditional: 競相
competitive; eagerly; to vie
The closest CC-CEDICT match for competitive is 竞相 (jìng xiāng), defined as: competitive; eagerly; to vie.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “competitive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竞争性 (競爭性) | jìng zhēng xìng | competitive |
| 争强好胜 (爭強好勝) | zhēng qiáng hào shèng | competitive; ambitious and aggressive |
| 竞技性 (競技性) | jìng jì xìng | competitive |
| 好胜 (好勝) | hào shèng | eager to win; competitive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竞相.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竞争 (競爭) | jìng zhēng | to compete; competition |
| 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 |
| 相关 (相關) | xiāng guān | related; relevant |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
See also: Japanese symbol for “competitive”.
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.