比拼

bǐpīn

verb

Meanings

1 to compete fiercely
2 to go head-to-head
3 to face off

Characters

to compare, to compete

to go all out, risk everything

Examples

两支球队将比拼冠军宝座。

Liǎng zhī qiúduì jiāng bǐpīn guànjūn bǎozuò.

The two teams will battle it out for the championship.

他们在厨艺上比拼了一番。

Tāmen zài chúyì shang bǐpīnle yì fān.

They had a real cooking face-off.

Tips

usage

Stronger than plain 比 (compare) — the 拼 (to fight all-out, risk everything) makes it 'go all in'. Heavily used in sports, e-sports, and reality-show writing.

memory

比 'compare' + 拼 'risk it / fight to the end' = 'a no-holds-barred comparison'.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

拼 pīn