争 meaning and pronunciation

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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

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