(zhēng) - to contend, to dispute (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
zhēngTraditional: 争
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Translation
to contend, to dispute (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character showing two hands pulling at an object between them, picturing a tug-of-war, hence to contend or dispute.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- two hands pulling at an object
Stroke order
争
Examples
。
War brings suffering to people.
。
They argued over a small thing.
。
No one wants to see war.
具。
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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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 争.
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