争 meaning and pronunciation

争
Simplified character
爭
Traditional character

争 English definition

zhēng
  • to strive for
  • to vie for
  • to argue or debate
  • deficient or lacking (dialect)
  • how or what (literary)

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 凧 : 𤰶
  • 峥 : excel; lofty;
  • 征 : to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence;
  • 徴 : Japanese variant of 徵|征;
  • 怔 : to stare blankly; startled;
  • 挣 : to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money);
  • 烝 : multitudinous; the masses; to present (to sb); to rise; to advance; to progress; archaic variant of 蒸[zheng1];
  • 爭 : Fight
  • 狰 : hideous; fierce-looking;
  • 睁 : to open (one's eyes);
  • 筝 : guzheng or long zither; long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times; Japanese koto;
  • 篜 : bamboo;
  • 蒸 : to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old);
  • 钲 : gong used to halt troops;
  • 铮 : clang of metals; small gong;

Sentences examples with 争

  • 他很自信，喜欢与人竞争。
    Tā hěn zìxìn, xǐhuān yǔ rén jìngzhēng.
  • 运动员们在赛场上激烈地竞争。
    Yùndòngyuánmen zài sàichǎng shàng jīliè de jìngzhēng.

Words containing 争, by HSK level

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