zhēng

to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate

Character data

Radical ⽖ (87.4)
Strokes 8
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

爭 zhēng
  1. 1. to strive for
  2. 2. to vie for
  3. 3. to argue or debate
  4. 4. how or what (literary)
  5. 5. deficient or lacking (dialect)

Words containing 爭

Word Meaning
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
determined not to fall short; to resolve on improvement
scrimmage line (American football)
to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
dispute; conflict; controversy
minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
to strive for supremacy; to struggle for mastery
legal dispute; dispute involving litigation
to argue; argument; to debate
contention
controversy; dispute; to dispute
controversial
to rush to purchase; to fight for; to compete
to wrangle; a dispute
to strive
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
to contend for supremacy
to contend for hegemony; a power struggle
to make oneself look good; to build up one's image
to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
struggle; war
to contend
war of independence
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)