zhēng
xiān

common
verb

Meaning of 争先

争先 means to strive to be first; to compete to be ahead of others; to try to be the first to do something. Pronounced zhēng xiān.

  • to strive to be first; to compete to be ahead of others; to try to be the first to do something

Definitions & Examples

fèn
yǒng
zhēng
xiān
 

Everyone strove to be the first with great courage.

jiā
zhēng
xiān
yán
 

Everyone competed to speak first.

Xué
sheng
men
zhēng
xiān
huí
wèn
 

The students vied with each other to answer the questions.

Zhì
yuàn
zhě
men
zhēng
xiān
bào
míng
zāi
 

The volunteers competed to sign up to go to the disaster area.