竞 jìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
竞选
jìngxuǎn
to run for election; to campaign
Characters in this word
选 xuǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她宣布竞选市长，并承诺优先解决住房和交通问题。 Tā xuānbù jìngxuǎn shìzhǎng, bìng chéngnuò yōuxiān jiějué zhùfáng hé jiāotōng wèntí. She announced that she would run for mayor and promised to prioritise housing and transport issues.
- 班里的同学都想竞选班长。 Bān lǐ de tóngxué dōu xiǎng jìngxuǎn bānzhǎng. The classmates all want to run for class monitor.
- 他准备竞选学生会主席，正在写演讲稿。 Tā zhǔnbèi jìngxuǎn xuéshēnghuì zhǔxí, zhèngzài xiě yǎnjiǎnggǎo. He is preparing to run for president of the student union and is writing his speech.
Related words
- 竞赛 jìngsài competition
- 竞争 jìngzhēng to compete; competition
- 竞技 jìngjì competitive sports; to compete
- 竞相 jìngxiāng one after another; to vie with one another
- 选 xuǎn to choose
- 选手 xuǎnshǒu contestant
- 挑选 tiāoxuǎn to choose carefully
- 选择 xuǎnzé to choose; choice
- 当选 dāngxuǎn to be elected
- 选修 xuǎnxiū to take as an elective
- 评选 píngxuǎn to select, to choose
- 入选 rùxuǎn to be selected