Chinese symbol for “contest”
竞赛
jìng sài
Traditional: 競賽
to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contest is 竞赛 (jìng sài), defined as: to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “contest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest |
| 角逐 | jué zhú | to tussle; to contend |
| 对决 (對決) | duì jué | confrontation; contest |
| 较量 (較量) | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb |
| 博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竞赛.
| 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 |
| 比赛 (比賽) | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc); match |
| 决赛 (決賽) | jué sài | finals (of a competition) |
| 大赛 (大賽) | dà sài | grand contest |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contest”.
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.