Chinese symbol for “rival”
竞争对手
jìng zhēng duì shǒu
Traditional: 競爭對手
rival; competitor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rival is 竞争对手 (jìng zhēng duì shǒu), defined as: rival; competitor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rival”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 敌 (敵) | dí | (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival |
| 匹敌 (匹敵) | pǐ dí | to be equal to; to be well-matched |
| 相匹敌 (相匹敵) | xiāng pǐ dí | to be a match for; to rival; to be comparable to |
| 打对台 (打對台) | dǎ duì tái | to compete; to rival |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竞争对手.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rival”.
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.