"Compete" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 比赛 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc) / match / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] / to compete |   |
| 竞争 | jìng zhēng | to compete / competition | |
| 竞赛 | jìng sài | to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race | |
| 参赛 | cān sài | to compete / to take part in a competition | |
| 较劲 | jiào jìn | to match one's strength with / to compete / more competitive / to set oneself against sb / disobliging / to make a special effort | |
| 出赛 | chū sài | to compete / to take part (in a sports event) | |
| 竞逐 | jìng zhú | competition / to compete / to pursue | |
| 争购 | zhēng gòu | to compete / to fight for / to rush to purchase | |
| 角 |  jué | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale | |
| 赛 | sài | to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel | |
| 竞 | jìng | to compete / to contend / to struggle | |
| 对着干 | duì zhe gàn | to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete | |
| 打对仗 | dǎ duì zhàng | to compete | |
| 打对台 | dǎ duì tái | to compete / to rival | |
| 摽 | biào | to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with / to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit / to beat | |
| 出战 | chū zhàn | (military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete | |
| 比拚 | bǐ pàn | (Tw) to compete / contest | |
| 出场 | chū chǎng | (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue | |
| 较量 | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble | |
| 竞价 | jìng jià | price competition / bid (in an auction) / to compete on price / to bid against sb | |
| 比武 | bǐ wǔ | martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest | |
| 抗衡 | kàng héng | to compete with / to vie with / to counter | |
| 比拼 | bǐ pīn | to compete fiercely / contest | |
| 复赛 | fù sài | (sports) semifinal or quarterfinal / to compete in a semifinal (or a quarterfinal) | |
| 争先 | zhēng xiān | to compete to be first / to contest first place | |
| 攀比 | pān bǐ | to make invidious comparisons / to compete with / to emulate | |
| 竞购 | jìng gòu | to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction) | |
| 夺标 | duó biāo | to compete for first prize | |
| 抢答 | qiǎng dá | to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show) | |
| 你争我夺 | nǐ zhēng wǒ duó | lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war | |
| 一决雌雄 | yī jué cí xióng | to have a showdown / to fight for mastery / to compete for a championship | |
| 夺 | duó | to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose | |
| 夸多斗靡 | kuā duō dòu mǐ | to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom) | |
| 竞争和聚合 | jìng zhēng hé jù hé | to compete and converge | |
| 一较高下 | yī jiào gāo xià | to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best) | |
| 再赛 | zài sài | to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time) | |
| 抢生意 | qiǎng shēng yi | to undercut competitors / to hustle / to compete for business | |
| 竞秀 | jìng xiù | to compete to be the most beautiful or impressive | |
| 竞答 | jìng dá | to compete to answer questions (in class) | |
| 无人能及 | wú rén néng jí | nobody can compete with / unmatched by anybody / without rival | |
| 互别苗头 | hù bié miáo tou | to compete with (idiom) (Tw) / to pit oneself against | |
| 别苗头 | bié miáo tou | (dialect) to compete with / to pit oneself against | |
