To compete in Chinese: 竞赛 (jìng sài)

jìng sài

to compete

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 競賽1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to compete; to race
  2. 2contest; competition; match; race

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ㄐㄧㄥˋ

jìng

/ j/ i/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄙㄞˋ

sài

/ s/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

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竞赛

Simplified

競賽

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他在这次数学竞赛中得了第一名。

    tā zài zhè cì shù xué jìng sài zhōng dé le dì yī míng。

    He came first in this math competition.

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