争 zhēng

dispute, fight, contend, strive

HSK 4 #344

DEFINITIONS

  • dispute, fight, contend, strive
  • to strive for
  • to vie for
  • to argue or debate
  • deficient or lacking (dialect)
  • how or what (literary)

STROKES

WORDS

竞争 jìng zhēng
HSK 4
to compete; competition
战争 zhàn zhēng
HSK 5
war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
争取 zhēng qǔ
HSK 5
to fight for; to strive for; to win over
争论 zhēng lùn
HSK 5
to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
斗争 dòu zhēng
HSK 6
a struggle; fight; battle
争夺 zhēng duó
HSK 6
to fight over; to contest; to vie over
争议 zhēng yì
HSK 6
controversy; dispute; to dispute
争端 zhēng duān
HSK 6
dispute; controversy; conflict
争气 zhēng qì
HSK 6
to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
力争 lì zhēng
HSK 6
to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
HSK 6
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
争霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony; a power struggle
争吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel; dispute
争执 zhēng zhí to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
抗争 kàng zhēng to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
争斗 zhēng dòu struggle; war
争辩 zhēng biàn a dispute; to wrangle
竞争力 jìng zhēng lì competitive strength; competitiveness
竞争者 jìng zhēng zhě competitor
纷争 fēn zhēng to dispute
争议性 zhēng yì xìng controversial
争夺战 zhēng duó zhàn struggle
争分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
据理力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right
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