Every minute counts.
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争
Traditional: 爭
zhēng
HSK 3.0 · 3
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zhēng · zang1 (Jyutping)
- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
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Character breakdown
争
- Meaning
- dispute, fight, contend, strive
- Radical
- 亅
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿱⺈⿻彐亅
- Cangjie
- NSD
- Four-corner
- 2750.7
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Example sentences
The fight is over.
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