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爭

zhēng

A2 Level 4*
Verb

爭 (zhēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to strive for”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4* (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to strive for
  2. to vie for
  3. to argue or debate
  4. deficient or lacking (dialect)
  5. how or what (literary)

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Example

兩個孩子在爭一個玩具。

Two children are fighting over a toy.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).