CHALLENGE    挑戰

ADDRESS someone so as DEMAND to FIGHT WITH him, OR so as to DEMAND another COURAGEOUS REACTION.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. There is no obvious, common word for the concept of a challenge in classical Chinese. The only word I have found is zhì 致 when it refers to challenging an army to battle.
Modern Chinese Criteria
挑戰 is the current word for a challenge of any kind, often also of a figurative kind. 叫陣 refers in a literary way to a literal challenge to battle directed at a military enemy. 求戰 refers in a literary and old-fashioned way to an effort at joining battle. 搦戰 nuòzhàn refers in a general way to a challenge to fight. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BATTLEWARFARE in the form of FIGHTING AND USE of WEAPONS DURING A DEFINED SHORT PERIOD, AND where TYPICALLY ONE ARMY WINS.
Hypernym
  • ADDRESS　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 14/0, child: 23)
  • WRITE　PRODUCE a DOCUMENT. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • PRODUCE　ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
Other Hypernyms
  • ADDRESSnew-b2b104ff-6112-4947-b104-ff611229470d　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 13/0, child: 23)
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)

Words (4 items)

致師  zhì shī OC: k-liɡs sril MC: ʈi ʂi 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPichallenge to battle 致楚師 "challenge the Chǔ army to battle"
致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 2 Attributions

There is no common word for the concept of a challenge in classical Chinese. The only word I have found is zhì 致 when it refers to challenging an army to battle.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNchallenge to battle 致師
釁  xìn OC: qhrɯns MC: hin
釁  xìn OC: hmrɯns MC: hin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNchallenge; provoke
挑  tiǎo OC: ɡ-leewʔ MC: deu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vt+V[0]challenge (to battle), incite (to war)