赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 跨栏比赛 跨欄比賽 kuà lán bǐ sài hurdling / hurdles race (athletics event) 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 计时比赛 計時比賽 jì shí bǐ sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 军备竞赛 軍備競賽 jūn bèi jìng sài arms race / armament(s) race 车手 車手 chē shǒu racing driver (in a car race) / rider (in a motorcycle or bicycle race) / (Tw) low-level operative in a scam syndicate syn 关卡 關卡 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] syn 功败垂成 功敗垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory syn 高栏 高欄 gāo lán high hurdle 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 栏架 欄架 lán jià hurdle 竞技 競技 jìng jì competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament syn 赛场 賽場 sài chǎng racetrack / field (for athletics competition) 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 十项 十項 shí xiàng ten items / decathlon (athletics) 兴奋剂 興奮劑 xīng fèn jì stimulant / doping (in athletics) 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 跳高 tiào gāo (athletics) high jump 跳远 跳遠 tiào yuǎn long jump (athletics) 三级跳 三級跳 sān jí tiào triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 铅球 鉛球 qiān qiú shot put (athletics event) 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark! syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 塑胶跑道 塑膠跑道 sù jiāo pǎo dào synthetic athletics track / tartan track 全国运动会 全國運動會 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 铁饼 鐵餅 tiě bǐng (athletics) discus / discus throw 链球 鏈球 liàn qiú (athletics) hammer / hammer throw 三级跳远 三級跳遠 sān jí tiào yuǎn triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 检录 檢錄 jiǎn lù roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record 田赛 田賽 tián sài field events (athletics competition) 城市运动会 城市運動會 chéng shì yùn dòng huì National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 国际田径联合会 國際田徑聯合會 guó jì tián jìng lián hé huì International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. to 國際田聯|国际田联[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 Lian2] 障碍跑 障礙跑 zhàng ài pǎo steeplechase (athletics) 国际田径协会联合会 國際田徑協會聯合會 International Association of Athletics Federations 国际田联 國際田聯 guó jì tián lián International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. for 國際田徑聯合會|国际田径联合会[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 jing4 Lian2 he2 hui4] 三铁 三鐵 sān tiě triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) 人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 种族 種族 zhǒng zú race / ethnicity syn 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 人种 人種 rén zhǒng race (of people) syn 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 拉力赛 拉力賽 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword) 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 短跑 duǎn pǎo sprint (race) syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 mǎ lā sōng sài marathon race 接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 环法 環法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 赛龙舟 賽龍舟 sài lóng zhōu to race dragon boats 灭种 滅種 miè zhǒng to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race syn 白种 白種 bái zhǒng the white race 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 追逐赛 追逐賽 zhuī zhú sài pursuit race / chase 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn 接力赛跑 接力賽跑 jiē lì sài pǎo relay race 诛暴讨逆 誅暴討逆 zhū bào tǎo nì to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) 白色人种 白色人種 bái sè rén zhǒng the white race 三索锦蛇 三索錦蛇 sān suǒ jǐn shé copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake 上坡段 shàng pō duàn uphill section (of a race) 个人赛 個人賽 gè rén sài individual competition / individual race 公路赛 公路賽 gōng lù sài road race 凯林赛 凱林賽 kǎi lín sài keirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 "keirin") 可望取胜者 可望取勝者 kě wàng qǔ shèng zhě favorite (to win a race or championship) / well-placed contestant 和时间赛跑 和時間賽跑 hé shí jiān sài pǎo to race against time 多日赛 多日賽 duō rì sài race of several days / many day competition 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 乌兹别克族 烏茲別克族 wū zī bié kè zú the Uzbek people (race) 无取胜希望者 無取勝希望者 wú qǔ shèng xī wàng zhě outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship) 环法国 環法國 huán fǎ guó Tour de France cycle race 环法自行车赛 環法自行車賽 huán fǎ zì xíng chē sài Tour de France cycle race 自行车赛 自行車賽 zì xíng chē sài cycle race 与时间赛跑 與時間賽跑 yǔ shí jiān sài pǎo to race against time 赛船 賽船 sài chuán boat race / racing ship or boat 赛车场赛 賽車場賽 sài chē chǎng sài stadium cycle race 赛龙船 賽龍船 sài lóng chuán dragon-boat race 头名 頭名 tóu míng first place / leader (of a race) 太空竞赛 太空競賽 tài kōng jìng sài space race 军备竞赛的经济和社会后果 economic and social consequences of the arms race 