HSK 6 · Sport

较量 jiàoliàng “contest” in Chinese

Traditional 較量

What 较量 means

  1. contest
  2. to compete
  3. to measure one’s strength
  4. to pit oneself against sb
  5. to compete with sb
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • battle
  • to haggle
  • to quibble

How to say 较量

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale较jiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale量liàng4th tone, falling

较量 in a sentence

  1. 两支球队在决赛中进行了一场激烈的较量。

    Liǎng zhī qiúduì zài juésài zhōng jìnxíng le yì chǎng jīliè de jiàoliàng.

    The two teams fought a fierce contest in the final.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们下盘棋较量一下吧。

    Wǒmen xià pán qí jiàoliàng yíxià ba.

    Let’s play a game of chess and see who’s better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 较量 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 较 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
较jiàoto compare
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 交to connect · jiāoSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

The character 量 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
量liàngcapacity
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàng.

How to write 较量

较 10 strokes · 量 12 strokes

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较量 (jiàoliàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 较量 (jiàoliàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 较量

Words with 较

比较bǐjiào · compare计较jìjiào · to fuss over

Words with 量

商量shāngliang · to consult数量shùliàng · amount质量zhìliàng · quality力量lìliang · power重量zhòngliàng · weight尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible打量dǎliang · to size up测量cèliáng · to measure能量néngliàng · energy分量fènliàng · weight

More words: Sport & Leisure

娱乐yúlè · to entertain裁判cáipàn · referee打猎dǎliè · to hunt防守fángshǒu · to defend季军jìjūn · third place竞赛jìngsài · competition联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together攀登pāndēng · to climb

FAQs

较量 (jiàoliàng) means “contest” or “to compete”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàoliàng: jiào with a 4th tone, then liàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 较量 is written 較量. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 较量 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
较量 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.