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競賽

简竞赛 · 繁競賽

Mandarin · pinyin jìng sài

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

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賽: Look up this written character
竞: jìng · contend, vie, compete
赛: sài · compete, contend; contest, race

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4–4 · jing4 sai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ging3 coi3 · ging6 coi3

Cantonese word readings for 競賽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to compete; to have a contest

noun

competition; contest (Classifier: 場／场 m)

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