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Competition in Chinese

competition · HSK 3

比赛 bǐ sài

  1. 比 bǐ than
  2. 赛 sài competition

Counted with 场: 一场比赛 yì chǎng bǐsài

昨天的足球比赛很精彩。 Yesterday's soccer match was very exciting.

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How do you say competition in Chinese?

Competition in Chinese is 比赛 (bǐ sài). You can also say 竞赛 (jìng sài), 赛事 (sài shì), 竞争 (jìng zhēng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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