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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhēng - to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 3,469 2,516 2,972

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
战争 5 4 979 1,572 3,823
竞争 4 5 2,354 816 3,777
争取 5 3 2,357 2,072 3,090
- 3 3,469 2,516 2,972
争霸 - - 3,567 19,162 17,627
争吵 - 7 3,712 9,414 6,862
斗争 6 6 3,725 1,619 7,616
争论 5 4 4,366 6,186 11,261
争执 - 7 5,436 9,536 8,886
争夺 6 6 5,500 4,227 9,709
抗争 - 7 7,005 16,334 13,500
争议 6 5 7,477 4,658 9,343
争斗 - - 8,024 16,890 20,837
争辩 - - 9,062 20,564 12,779
竞争力 - - 11,905 3,061 11,665
竞争者 - - 13,341 18,239 30,641
争端 6 8 13,787 12,120 27,405
纷争 - - 20,107 18,449 19,990
争气 6 9 21,881 14,836 7,426
争议性 - - 24,845 64,160 65,444
争夺战 - - 25,450 19,837 32,690
力争 6 9 26,598 5,670 19,151
争分夺秒 - 9 30,384 39,873 33,487
争先恐后 6 9 31,693 24,143 29,122
据理力争 - - 32,788 44,308 38,745
分秒必争 - - 33,054 66,589 59,378
争相 - - 33,464 14,221 22,217
争得 - - 33,487 - -
竞争性 - - 37,548 18,990 54,507
争抢 - - 39,252 17,829 23,686
无可争议 - - 40,089 42,068 59,270
与世无争 - - 40,241 45,005 24,847
争光 - 9 43,754 22,495 26,004
龙争虎斗 - - 44,127 63,850 56,951
明争暗斗 - - 45,947 39,066 47,686
解放战争 - - 46,797 23,179 46,100
争名夺利 - - 54,214 101,256 71,537
你争我夺 - - 54,357 77,851 79,602
争锋 - - 55,813 - -
阶级斗争 - - 56,153 7,842 30,720
争先 - - 56,199 31,664 41,680
不争 - - 56,389 - -
争权夺利 - - 56,755 60,719 60,064
论争 - - 59,450 47,686 81,051
朝鲜战争 - - 79,180 - -
争论点 - - 88,369 - -
争持 - - 88,613 83,069 99,959