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zhēng

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zhēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēng | zheng1
English translation
to strive for
to vie for
to argue or debate
deficient or lacking (dialect)
how or what (literary)
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

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About zhēng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

zhēng

Contains the radical

jué

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of  zhēng , two hands  zhǎo  and  fighting over jué

Etymology of zhēng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

彐亅

Explanation

Simplified form of zhēng . Pictograph of multiple hands grabbing at the same object.

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Example sentences using zhēng

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植物 zhíwù de 本性 běn xìng shì Xiàng shǎng tǐng cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

孩子 háizi men zài 争论 zhēnglùn shuí páo zuì kuài .

The boys were squabbling about who was the best runner.

这些 zhè xiē zéi wéi fēn tōu lái de 物品 wù pǐn ér 争吵 zhēng chǎo .

The thieves quarrelled about the division of their stolen goods.

zhào shuì de zuò ,不要 bù yào 争辩 zhēng biàn .

Do what you are told and don't argue with me.

那部关于 guānyú 战争 zhànzhēng de zhù shù 之前 zhī qián yǒu 论证 lùnzhèng 严谨 yán jǐn de 序言 xùyán .

Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.

Words with zhēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
战争 zhànzhēng war戰爭
竞争 jìngzhēng to compete競爭
争取 zhēngqǔ to fight for爭取
斗争 dòuzhēng fight鬥爭
zhēng to vie for zhēng
争夺 zhēngduó to fight over爭奪
竞争力 jìng zhēng lì competitive strength競爭力
争吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel爭吵
争论 zhēnglùn to argue爭論
争霸 zhēng bà a power struggle爭霸
争议 zhēngyì controversy爭議
争执 zhēng zhí to dispute爭執
力争 lìzhēng to work hard for力爭
抗争 kàng zhēng to resist抗爭
争斗 zhēng dòu war爭鬥
争辩 zhēng biàn a dispute爭辯
阶级斗争 jiē jí dòu zhēng the class struggle階級鬥爭
争端 zhēngduān dispute爭端
竞争者 jìng zhēng zhě competitor競爭者
抗日战争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)抗日戰爭
争气 zhēngqì to work hard for sth爭氣
纷争 fēn zhēng to dispute紛爭
争相 zhēng xiāng to fall over each other in their eagerness to...爭相
争夺战 zhēng duó zhàn struggle爭奪戰
争抢 zhēng qiǎng to fight over爭搶

zhēng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhēng Decomposition

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zhēng Compounds

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  • zhēng
    • jìng
    • jìng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , jìng , jìng , ,
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