to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
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How to pronounce 争

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

争 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 争 as component

variant of 淨|净[jing4]
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clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
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still / calm / quiet / not moving
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Words with 争

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lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits

Sentences with 争

争 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhēng

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

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