Chinese Word Entry

爭先

Simplified Chinese form: 争先

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zhēng xiān
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang1 sin1
Definitions:
  1. to compete to be first

  2. to contest first place


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Chinese characters used in this word

to dispute, fight, contend, strive
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄥ (zhēng), ㄓㄥˋ (zhèng)
Cantonese: zaang1
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / あらそ.う (arasou)、 いか.でか (ikadeka)
Korean: 쟁 (jaeng)
Vietnamese: tranh, tránh
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Simplified Japanese form:

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence, first, former
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢ (xiān)
Cantonese: sin1
Japanese: セン (sen) / さき (saki)、 ま.ず (mazu)、 さきんじる (sakinjiru)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tiên, tiến