zhēng

Traditional: 争

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Translation

to contend, to dispute (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 争

Examples

mín

War brings suffering to people.

chǎo

They argued over a small thing.

No one wants to see war.

The two children are fighting over a toy.

They argued for a long time.

争 (zhēng) means to contend or to dispute. It is a bound morpheme and appears in many compounds, including 战争 (zhàn zhēng), war.

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This word is part of lesson 106.