竞 jìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
竞赛
jìngsài
competition
Characters in this word
赛 sài
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我参加竞赛。 Wǒ cān jiā jìng sài. I take part in the contest.
- 竞赛开始了。 Jìng sài kāi shǐ le. The race has begun.
- 这场竞赛很难。 Zhè chǎng jìng sài hěn nán. This contest is very hard.
Related words
- 竞争 jìngzhēng to compete; competition
- 比赛 bǐsài competition; match
- 决赛 juésài final match
- 大奖赛 dàjiǎngsài Grand Prix
- 裁判 cáipàn referee
- 奖励 jiǎnglì to reward
- 冠军 guànjūn champion
- 成效 chéngxiào result; effect
- 亚军 yàjūn runner-up
- 评估 pínggū to assess; to estimate
- 胜负 shèngfù win or lose; outcome
- 考核 kǎohé assessment