比赛

Character by character

• 比bǐ4 strokesHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
• 赛sài14 strokesHSK 3 traditional 賽compete, contend; contest, race

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我们比赛输了。

  Wǒ men bǐ sài shū le

  We lost the game.

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• 比赛几点开始？

  Bǐ sài jǐ diǎn kāi shǐ

  What time will the game start?

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• 我们去看了比赛。

  Wǒ men qù kàn le bǐ sài

  We went to the races.

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• 比赛什么时候开始？

  Bǐ sài shén me shí hou kāi shǐ

  When does the game start?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 比赛. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 比bǐHSK 1

  to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

• 比较bǐ jiàoHSK 3

  to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison

• 比如bǐ rúHSK 2

  for example; for instance; such as

• 赛sàiHSK 6

  to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel

• 决赛jué sàiHSK 3

  finals (of a competition)

• 大赛dà sàiHSK 6

  grand contest

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 相比xiāng bǐHSK 3

  to compare

• 无比wú bǐHSK 7

  incomparable; matchless

• 参赛cān sàiHSK 6

  to compete; to take part in a competition

• 联赛lián sàiHSK 6

  (sports) league; league tournament

• 比例bǐ lìHSK 3

  proportion; scale

• 比分bǐ fēnHSK 4

  score

• 竞赛jìng sàiHSK 5

  to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race

• 赛车sài chēHSK 7

  auto race; cycle race; race car

• 对比duì bǐHSK 4

  to contrast; contrast; ratio

• 赛场sài chǎngHSK 6

  racetrack; field (for athletics competition)

• 比喻bǐ yùHSK 7

  to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively

• 好比hǎo bǐHSK 7

  to be just like; can be compared to

• 半决赛bàn jué sàiHSK 6

  semifinals

• 比方bǐ fangHSK 5

  analogy; instance; for instance

• 比不上bǐ bù shàngHSK 7

  can't compare with

• 比起bǐ qǐHSK 7

  compared with

• 大奖赛dà jiǎng sàiHSK 5

  grand prix