挑戰

See also: 挑戦 and 挑战

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (挑戰)		挑	戰
simp. (挑战)		挑	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎozhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ zin³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiâu-chan
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiau-chiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiou¹ ziêng³ / tiao¹ ziang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎozhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎojhàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao³-chan⁴
    • Yale: tyǎu-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teaujann
    • Palladius: тяочжань (tjaočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu¹ zin³
    • Yale: tīu jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiâu-chan
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˊ zan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tiau¹ zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiauciexn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiou¹ ziêng³ / tiao¹ ziang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiou tsièng / thiau tsiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiou³³⁻²³ t͡sieŋ²¹³/, /tʰiau³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ²¹³/

Note:

• tiou1 ziêng3 - Chaozhou;
• tiao1 ziang3 - Shantou.

Verb

挑戰

1. (literally) to challenge (to a fight); to throw down the gauntlet

   • 吳人聞之，出而挑戰，一日五反。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吴人闻之，出而挑战，一日五反。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Wú rén wén zhī, chū ér tiǎozhàn, yīrì wǔ fǎn. [Pinyin]

     Hearing that the army of Yue had arrived, the duke of Wu dispatched his soldiers to challenge the enemy to battle five times a day.

2. (figuratively) to challenge (invite someone to take part in a contest)
3. (figuratively) to challenge (put demands on); to test

   挑戰自己的極限／挑战自己的极限  ―  tiǎozhàn zìjǐ de jíxiàn  ―  to challenge one's limits

   不要挑戰我的底線！ [MSC, trad.]
   不要挑战我的底线！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào tiǎozhàn wǒ de dǐxiàn! [Pinyin]

   Don't test my limit!

4. (figuratively) to challenge (dispute the validity of something)

   挑戰節目的尺度／挑战节目的尺度  ―  tiǎozhàn jiémù de chǐdù  ―  to challenge the speech codes of the program

Synonyms

• (to throw down the gauntlet):

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• 交兵 (jiāobīng) (literary)
• 交戰 / 交战 (jiāozhàn)
• 交火 (jiāohuǒ)
• 交鋒 / 交锋 (jiāofēng) (figurative)
• 作戰 / 作战 (zuòzhàn)
• 廝拍 / 厮拍 (Puxian Min)
• 打仗 (dǎzhàng)
• 打戰 / 打战 (dǎzhàn) (Malaysia Mandarin)
• 打響 / 打响 (dǎxiǎng)
• 拍戰 / 拍战 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
• 接火 (jiēhuǒ)
• 接觸 / 接触 (jiēchù)
• 構兵 / 构兵 (gòubīng) (literary)
• 爭戰 / 争战 (zhēngzhàn)
• 相㓾 (Hakka)
• 開火 / 开火 (kāihuǒ)

• (to test): 考驗／考验 (kǎoyàn)

Noun

挑戰

1. challenge; difficulty

   迎接挑戰／迎接挑战  ―  yíngjiē tiǎozhàn  ―  to meet a challenge

   帶來機遇和挑戰／带来机遇和挑战  ―  dàilái jīyù hé tiǎozhàn  ―  to present both opportunities and challenges

Synonyms

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• 困急 (kùnjí) (literary)
• 困難 / 困难
• 困難的事情 / 困难的事情 (kùnnan de shìqing)

Derived terms

• 挑戰書 / 挑战书
• 挑戰者 / 挑战者

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (挑戰):

• → Japanese: 挑戦(ちょうせん) (chōsen)
• → Korean: 도전(挑戰) (dojeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挑	戰
ちょう Grade: S	せん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 挑戰 – see the following entry.

【挑戦ちょうせん】 [noun] challenge (against authority or a higher-ranked person) [noun] (figuratively) try at something [verb] to challenge [verb] (figuratively) to take on the challenge of doing something (especially something one has not done before); to try; to try one's hand at

(This term, 挑戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
挑	戰

Noun

挑戰 • (dojeon) (hangeul 도전)

1. hanja form^? of 도전 (“challenge”)