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zhàng

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zhàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàng | zhang4
English translation
weaponry
to hold (a weapon)
to wield
to rely on
to depend on
war
battle
1to rely upon; protector; to fight; war, weaponry

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About zhàng

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

zhàng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of zhàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻丈

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

zhàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and zhàng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhàng

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什么 shénme 打仗 dǎzhàng , dāng 海盗 hǎi dào ya , Quán le 兴趣 xìng qù .

He no longer took an interest in war , nor even in piracy.

贺龙 Hè Lóng yòu 打仗 dǎzhàng 夺回 duó huí lái .

Hung Lo went to battle to recover that horse.

他们 tā men 敌人 dírén 整整 zhěng zhěng le 八年 zhàng .

They warred against the opposing army 8 years.

yāo tóng 那些 nà xiē 不让学徒 xué tú 吃饱 chī bǎo de 师傅 shīfu 打仗 dǎzhàng .

He wanted to fight the masters who starved their appretices.

Jiā 费劲 fèi jìn de zhàng zhāo jiāng téng de 脖子 bózi 把头 bǎ tóu tái lái .

Scarlett with an effort lifted her head on her aching neck.

Words with zhàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhàng weaponry zhàng
打仗 dǎzhàng to go to war打仗 dǎzhàng
仗义 zhàng yì to uphold justice仗義
胜仗 shèng zhàng victory勝仗
仰仗 yǎng zhàng to rely on仰仗 yǎng zhàng
仪仗队 yí zhàng duì honor guard儀仗隊
打雪仗 dǎ xuě zhàng to have a snowball fight打雪仗 dǎ xuě zhàng
败仗 bài zhàng defeat敗仗
炮仗 pào zhang firecracker炮仗 pào zhang
仗势欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to kick people around仗勢欺人
倚仗 yǐ zhàng to lean on倚仗 yǐ zhàng
仪仗 yí zhàng ceremonial weaponry儀仗
对仗 duì zhàng to fight對仗
仗义执言 zhàng yì zhí yán to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle仗義執言
恶仗 è zhàng hard fighting惡仗
狗仗人势 gǒu zhàng rén shì a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others狗仗人勢
打翻身仗 dǎ fān shēn zhàng to fight to reverse sth打翻身仗 dǎ fān shēn zhàng
雪仗 xuě zhàng snow fight雪仗 xuě zhàng
仗势 zhàng shì to rely on power仗勢
凭仗 píng zhàng to rely on憑仗
依仗 yī zhàng to count on依仗 yī zhàng
仗恃 zhàng shì to rely on仗恃 zhàng shì
干仗 gàn zhàng to quarrel (dialect)幹仗

zhàng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhàng Decomposition

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