Chinese Characters Dictation Competition

Chinese Characters Dictation CompetitionDirected byCountry of originOriginal languageNo. of seasonsNo. of episodesProduction companyNetworkRelease

中国汉字听写大会 Zhōngguó hànzì tīngxiě dàhuì

Zheng Wen Guan (关正文)

China

Chinese

2

30 (incl. unaired)

China Central Television

CCTV-1

2 August 2013 – present

Chinese Characters Dictation Competition (Chinese: 中国汉字听写大会; pinyin: Zhōngguó hànzì tīngxiě dàhuì) is a weekly television program where contestants write Chinese characters after hearing the words. The show now broadcasts on CCTV-1.^[1]

The show was inspired by spelling bees in the United States.^[1]

Year Competition-ending word Winner Notes

2013	婉娈 (wǎnluán, a classical word which means "graceful")	Lu Jialei (陆佳蕾)	[2]
2014	皤腹 (pófù, a classical word which means "big belly")	Chen Keyu (陈柯羽)	[3]
2015	累茵 (lèiyīn, a classical word which means "multi-layered mattress")	Xu Weiqi (徐玮琦)	[4]