竞争

Character by character

• 竞jìng10 strokesHSK 4 traditional 競contend, vie, compete
• 争zhēng6 strokesHSK 3 traditional 爭dispute, fight, contend, strive

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他被竞争公司挖去了。

  Tā bèi jìng zhēng gōng sī wā qù le

  He was hired away by a rival company.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 竞争. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 战争zhàn zhēngHSK 4

  war; conflict

• 争取zhēng qǔHSK 3

  to fight for; to strive for; to win over

• 斗争dòu zhēngHSK 6

  a struggle; fight; battle

• 争zhēngHSK 3

  to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

• 竞赛jìng sàiHSK 5

  to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race

• 争夺zhēng duóHSK 6

  to fight over; to contest; to vie over

• 竞选jìng xuǎnHSK 7

  to take part in an election; to run for office

• 争论zhēng lùnHSK 4

  to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate

• 争议zhēng yìHSK 5

  controversy; dispute; to dispute

• 争吵zhēng chǎoHSK 7

  to quarrel; dispute

• 争执zhēng zhíHSK 7

  to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle

• 竞技jìng jìHSK 7

  competition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament

• 抗争kàng zhēngHSK 7

  to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)

• 争端zhēng duānHSK 7

  dispute; controversy; conflict

• 力争lì zhēngHSK 7

  to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly

• 争气zhēng qìHSK 7

  to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short

• 争先恐后zhēng xiān kǒng hòuHSK 7

  striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

• 竞相jìng xiāngHSK 7

  competitive; eagerly; to vie

• 争光zhēng guāngHSK 7

  to win an honor; to strive to win a prize

• 争分夺秒zhēng fēn duó miǎoHSK 7

  lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count