争 zhēng — to strive for; to compete; to contend
争
Level 1 · Common HSK 4 #508
zhēng zheng1
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verb
- (会意。金文字形，上为“爪”(手)，下为“又”(手)，中间表示某一物体，象两人争一样东西。从又，义同。本义:争夺)
- contend;vie;strive e.g 争座 · 争立 · 争国 · 争恶 · 争标 · 争重
- argue;dispute e.g 争抗 · 争让 · 争口 · 争高低 · 争言
- rush off to the front; strive to be the first and fear to lag behind e.g 争心 · 争途 · 争求 · 争妍 · 争长 · 争奇
- struggle e.g 争跤 · 争交
- compete e.g 争强 争校 · 争春 · 争进 · 争张 · 争棋
- debt
- differ e.g 争些个 · 争些儿 · 争不多 · 争差
- admonish e.g 争子 · 争友 · 争臣 · 争引 · 争弟
noun
- Zheng gate
- 姓
pronoun
- how;why e.g 争知 · 争似 · 争耐
Related words
- 战争 war; conflict; warfare; hostilities; battle; armed conflict
- 斗争 a struggle; fight; battle; struggle
- 竞争 competition; to compete
- 争取 to fight for; to strive for
- 竞争力 competitiveness; competitive edge
- 力争 to work for; to contend vigorously; to strive for
- 争夺 to compete for; to struggle for
- 争议 controversy; dispute; to dispute
- 争论 to argue; to debate
- 争端 dispute
- 争吵 to quarrel
- 争执 to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle; to quarrel; content
- 争相 to fall over each other in their eagerness to ...
- 抗争 to resist/to make a stand and fight (against)
- 争冠 to compete for the championship; to vie for the title
- 争光 to win honor; to bring credit
- 争辩 to argue; to wrangle; to dispute; to contend; a dispute; to debate heatedly
- 争斗 struggle/war
- 争先 to compete to be first/to contest first place
- 争先恐后 scrambling to be first; vying with each other