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zhēng

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zhēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēng | zheng1
English translation
see 掙扎
>挣扎 zhēngzhá [zhēng zhá]
to struggle to get free
to strive to acquire
to make (money)
to struggle, to strive, to endeavor

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About zhēng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhēng

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To fight  zhēng by hand  shǒu zhēng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhēng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌争

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Example sentences using zhēng

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zéi 挣扎 zhēngzhá zhāo yāo 逃脱 táo tuō .

The thief struggled to get free.

商人 shāng rén zài 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī Néng zhēng hěn Gāo de 工资 gōngzī .

Businesswomen can earn high salaries in Los.

zhè zhǐ māo 挣扎 zhēngzhá zhāo xiǎng páo diào .

The cat made a struggle to get free.

几乎 jīhū zhēng 不到 bù dào 足够 zú gòu de Qián 维持 wéichí 开支 kāizhī .

She scarcely earns enough money to make ends meet.

每月 měi yuè zhēng 得不 shǎo 加班费.

He pulls in a lot of overtime pay each month.

Words with zhēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhēng to make (money) zhēng
挣扎 zhēngzhá to struggle掙扎
挣钱 zhèng qián to make money掙錢
挣脱 zhèng tuō to throw off掙脫
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá deathbed struggle垂死掙扎

zhēng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhēng Decomposition

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