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竞赛

jìng sài · jing sai

Traditional 競賽

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to compete; to race
  2. contest; competition; match; race
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Skipping rope contest

  1. Liangliang

    学校(xuéxiào)下周(xiàzhōu)有(yǒu)跳绳(tiàoshéng)竞赛(jìngsài)，你(nǐ)参加(cānjiā)吗(ma)？

    There's a skipping rope competition at school next week. Are you joining?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)参加(cānjiā)！我(wǒ)每天(měitiān)都(dōu)练习(liànxí)。

    I'm joining! I practise every day.

  3. Liangliang

    竞赛(jìngsài)的(de)第一名(dìyīmíng)有(yǒu)什么(shénme)奖(jiǎng)？

    What prize does first place in the competition get?

  4. Dengdeng

    一个(yīgè)大(dà)西瓜(xīguā)！

    A big watermelon!

  5. Liangliang

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)参加(cānjiā)，我(wǒ)吃(chī)西瓜(xīguā)很(hěn)厉害(lìhai)。

    Great! I'm joining too. I'm very good at eating watermelon.

  6. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)是(shì)跳绳(tiàoshéng)竞赛(jìngsài)，不是(bùshì)吃西瓜(chīxīguā)竞赛(jìngsài)！

    This is a skipping rope competition, not a watermelon-eating competition!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)参(cān)加(jiā)了(le)料(liào)理(lǐ)竞(jìng)赛(sài)并(bìng)得(dé)了(le)第(dì)一(yī)名(míng)。

My father participated in a cooking contest and came in first.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)奥(ào)运(yùn)会(huì)的(de)竞(jìng)赛(sài)中(zhōng)，金(jīn)牌(pái)代(dài)表(biǎo)第(dì)一(yī)名(míng)，银(yín)牌(pái)代(dài)表(biǎo)第(dì)二(èr)名(míng)，铜(tóng)牌(pái)是(shì)第(dì)三(sān)名(míng)。

In Olympic competitions, the gold medal represents first place, the silver medal represents second place, and the bronze medal represents third place.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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