"Contest" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 争夺 | zhēng duó | to fight over / to contest / to vie over |   |
| 较量 | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble | |
| 对决 | duì jué | confrontation / contest / showdown | |
| 角逐 | jué zhú | to tussle / to contend / to contest | |
| 博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest | |
| 比拼 | bǐ pīn | to compete fiercely / contest | |
| 征选 | zhēng xuǎn | to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition | |
| 比拚 | bǐ pàn | (Tw) to compete / contest | |
| 锦标赛 | jǐn biāo sài | championship contest / championships | |
| 比武 | bǐ wǔ | martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest | |
| 胜出 | shèng chū | to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory | |
| 选美 | xuǎn měi | beauty contest | |
| 半场 | bàn chǎng | half of a game or contest / half-court | |
| 争先 | zhēng xiān | to compete to be first / to contest first place | |
| 初赛 | chū sài | preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition | |
| 临战 | lín zhàn | just before the contest / on the eve of war | |
| 御敌 | yù dí | armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest | |
| 败阵 | bài zhèn | to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest | |
| 打擂台 | dǎ lèi tái | (old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest | |
| 擂 |  lèi | (bound form) platform for a martial art contest / Taiwan pr. [lei2] | |
| 拉锯战 | lā jù zhàn | to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest | |
| 比一比 | bǐ yi bǐ | to make a comparison / to engage in a contest | |
| 两虎相争 | liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng | two tigers fighting (idiom) / fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries | |
| 得标 | dé biāo | to win a bid / to win a trophy in a contest / (jokingly) to get an STD | |
| 歌唱赛 | gē chàng sài | song contest | |
| 欧洲电视歌唱赛 | Oū zhōu diàn shì gē chàng sài | Eurovision song contest | |
| 竞艳 | jìng yàn | vying to be the most glamorous / each more gorgeous than the other / beauty contest | |
| 诤讼 | zhèng sòng | to contest a lawsuit | |
| 选美比赛 | xuǎn měi bǐ sài | beauty contest | |
| 欧洲歌唱大赛 | ōu zhōu gē chàng dà sài | Eurovision Song Contest | |
| 不抗辩 | no contest | | |
| 胜之不武 | shèng zhī bù wǔ | (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest | |
| 大赛 | dà sài | grand contest | |
