争

zhēng

“To strive for” in Chinese is 争 (zhēng).

Other characters with the syllable zheng: see all 13 →

Meaning

to strive for
to vie for
to argue or debate

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deficient or lacking (dialect)
how or what (literary)

Example

今天晚上我先用一下，争取明天还给你。

I'll use it a bit this evening, and try my best to give it back to you tomorrow.

From 争取 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

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Words containing 争

争取zhēngqǔto fight forHSK 3 战争zhànzhēngwar; conflictHSK 4 争论zhēnglùnto argueHSK 4 竞争jìngzhēngto competeHSK 5 争议zhēngyìcontroversyHSK 5 斗争dòuzhēnga struggleHSK 6 争夺zhēngduóto fight overHSK 6 抗争kàngzhēngto resistHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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