Chinese Characters Dictation Competition

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]

Chinese Characters Dictation Competition
中国汉字听写大会 Zhōngguó hànzì tīngxiě dàhuì
Directed by	Zheng Wen Guan (关正文)
Country of origin	China
Original language	Chinese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	30 (incl. unaired)
Production
Production company	China Central Television
Original release
Network	CCTV-1
Release	2 August 2013 (2013-08-02) – present

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

List of champions

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]