HSK 4 · Work

竞争 jìngzhēng “to compete” in Chinese

Traditional 競爭

What 竞争 means

  1. to compete
  2. competition

How to say 竞争

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale竞jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale争zhēng1st tone, high and level

竞争 in a sentence

  1. 这场足球赛充满着激情和精彩的竞争。

    Zhè chǎng zúqiúsài chōngmǎn zhe jīqíng hé jīngcǎi de jìngzhēng.

    This football match is full of passion and exciting competition.

    Sentence #2690861 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 为了保持竞争力，我们得发挥我们的优势。

    Wèile bǎochí jìngzhēnglì, wǒmen děi fāhuī wǒmen de yōushì.

    To remain competitive, we’ve got to play to our strengths.

    Sentence #13363500 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他被竞争公司挖去了。

    Tā bèi jìngzhēng gōngsī wā qù le.

    He was poached by a rival company.

    Sentence #2076293 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 竞争 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 竞 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
竞jìngto compete
  • 立stand · lì
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 争 (zhēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
争zhēngto strive for
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 竞争

竞 10 strokes · 争 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 竞争

Words with 竞

竞赛jìngsài · competition竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office

Words with 争

争论zhēnglùn · to argue争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for战争zhànzhēng · war力争lìzhēng · to strive for争夺zhēngduó · to fight over争气zhēngqì · to try hard not to disappoint斗争dòuzhēng · struggle争端zhēngduān · dispute争议zhēngyì · dispute争先恐后zhēngxiānkǒnghòu · to compete eagerly

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FAQs

竞争 (jìngzhēng) means “to compete” or “competition”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìngzhēng: jìng with a 4th tone, then zhēng with a 1st 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, 竞争 is written 競爭. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 竞争 from the suggestions. Typing jingzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
竞争 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.