jiào jìn

Traditional: 較勁

HSK 7–9

较劲 (jiào jìn) is a Chinese word meaning “to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive”.

Meanings

  1. 1to match one's strength with
  2. 2to compete
  3. 3more competitive
  4. 4to set oneself against sb
  5. 5disobliging
  6. 6to make a special effort

Characters in 较劲

较jiào · (bound form) to compare劲jìn · strength

Related words

比较to compare对劲suitable; to one's liking劲strength劲stalwart差劲bad较(bound form) to compare使劲to exert all one's strength劲儿erhua variant of 勁|劲[jin4]没劲to have no strength较量to pit oneself against sb费劲to require effort计较to bother about

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