竞争性 (jìng zhēng xìng) — competitiveness

Definition

noun

competitiveness

竞争性。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de jìng zhēng xìng hěn qiáng.
This company's competitiveness is very strong.
竞争性。
Tí gāo chǎn pǐn de jìng zhēng xìng shì qǐ yè de hé xīn rèn wu.
Improving product competitiveness is the core task of the enterprise.
，竞争性。
Zài jī liè de shì chǎng jìng zhēng zhōng, jìng zhēng xìng jué dìng le qǐ yè de shēng cún.
In fierce market competition, competitiveness determines the survival of the enterprise.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

竞争compete

联合Side by side

The sense of competing in 竞争 plus the quality sense of 性 gives competitiveness.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 競; 竞 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 競 shows 誩 (argument) above two 儿 (men), as two individuals debating vigorously; the simplified 竞 is a later abbreviation.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爭; 争 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爭 shows two hands on a plowshare; the simplified 争 is a later abbreviation, so this picture belongs to 爭, not 争.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

忄生性

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.