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Chinese symbol for “sprint”

冲刺
chōng cì
Traditional: 衝刺
(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sprint is 冲刺 (chōng cì), defined as: (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches.

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Characters and stroke order

冲 chōng
wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
刺 cì
to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sprint”

WordPinyinMeaning
短跑duǎn pǎosprint (race)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冲刺.

WordPinyinMeaning
冲突 (衝突)chōng tūconflict; to conflict
冲击 (沖擊)chōng jīvariant of 冲击 (chōng jī)
冲动 (衝動)chōng dòngto have an urge; to be impetuous
脉冲 (脈衝)mài chōngpulse (physics)
冲破 (衝破)chōng pòbreakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
讽刺 (諷刺)fěng cìto satirize; to mock
刺杀 (刺殺)cì shāto assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet

See also: Japanese symbol for “sprint”.

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.