Character
| HSK | 4 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 344th character |
| RADICAL | ⼅ (6.5) |
| STROKES | 6 |
| INDEX # | 508 |
| TRADITIONAL | 爭 |
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
| 息争 xī zhēng | to settle a dispute |
| 战争罪 zhàn zhēng zuì | war crime |
| 战争与和平 zhàn zhēng yǔ hé píng | War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰 |
| 抗日战争 kàng rì zhàn zhēng | (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) |
| 拼争 pīn zhēng | to fight desperately |
| 日俄战争 rì é zhàn zhēng | the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan |
| 星海争霸 xīng hǎi zhēng bà | StarCraft (video game series) (Tw) |
| 星际争霸 xīng jì zhēng bà | StarCraft (video game series) |
| 普法战争 pǔ fǎ zhàn zhēng | Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) |
| 楚汉战争 chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng | Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu |
| 楚汉相争 chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng | see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] |
| 权力纷争 quán lì fēn zhēng | power struggle |
| 权力斗争 quán lì dòu zhēng | power struggle |
| 正义斗争 zhèng yì dòu zhēng | righteous struggle |
| 正邪相争 zhèng xié xiāng zhēng | term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] |
| 海湾战争 hǎi wān zhàn zhēng | (Persian) Gulf War |
| 无争议 wú zhēng yì | uncontroversial; accepted |
| 争取时间 zhēng qǔ shí jiān | to act with urgency; to buy time |
| 争执不下 zhēng zhí bù xià | to quarrel endlessly |
| 争妍斗艳 zhēng yán dòu yàn | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor |
| 争宠 zhēng chǒng | to strive for favor |
| 争强好胜 zhēng qiáng hào shèng | competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others |
| 争战 zhēng zhàn | fight |
| 争球线 zhēng qiú xiàn | scrimmage line (American football) |
| 争臣 zhēng chén | minister not afraid to give forthright criticism |