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zhēng

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zhēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēng | zheng1
English translation
to open (one's eyes)
to open one's eyes; to stare

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About zhēng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhēng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of zhēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目争

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhēng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhēng .

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Example sentences using zhēng

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早晨 zǎo chén 明亮 míng liàng de 阳光 yángguāng 照得 zhào dé 睁不开 yǎn .

The bright morning sun dazzled him.

zài 凝视 níngshì 什么 shénme ? stare zhǐ 睁大眼睛目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng de dīng zhāo kān ”,:

What are you gazing at?

shǔ 十个数 zài zhēng kāi 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Count up to ten before you open your eyes.

皮艾达 kùn zhēng kāi 眼睛 yǎnjing le , jiù ràng 睡觉 shuìjiào le .

Pieta couldn't keep her eyes open, so I sent her to bed.

zhēng le yǎn wàng zhāo . 原来 yuánlái 胡子 hú zi shì 用来 yòng lái zhē !

I stared at him. That, then , was the secret of the mustache - grown to cover a scar!

Words with zhēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhēng to open (one's eyes) zhēng
眼睁睁 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly眼睜睜
睁开 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes)睜開
睁眼 zhēng yǎn to open one's eyes睜眼
睁眼说瞎话 zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà to talk drivel睜眼說瞎話
睁着眼睛说瞎话 zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà to talk drivel睜著眼睛說瞎話
睁一眼闭一眼 zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn to turn a blind eye睜一眼閉一眼

zhēng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhēng Decomposition

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