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争取 (zhēngqǔ) English Meaning
- to fight for
- to strive for
- to win over
Traditional Characters: 爭取
+ is only found in HSK 5.
争 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
取 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Sample Sentences
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Stroke Order & Character Components
争 (zhēng): to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- ク (dāo): knife
- 彐 (jì): snout
- 亅 (jué): hook
取 (qǔ): to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 耳 (ěr): ear
- 又 (yòu): still / hand
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 争
HSK 4 Word List
- 竞争 (jìng zhēng): to compete; competition
HSK 5 Word List
- 战争 (zhàn zhēng): war; warfare; conflict; CL: 场(cháng), 次(cì)
- 争论 (zhēng lùn): to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL: 次(cì), 场(chǎng)
- 争取 (zhēng qǔ): to fight for; to strive for; to win over
HSK 6 Word List
- 斗争 (dòu zhēng): a struggle; fight; battle
- 力争 (lì zhēng): to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
- 争端 (zhēng duān): dispute; controversy; conflict
- 争夺 (zhēng duó): fight over; contest; vie over
- 争气 (zhēng qì): to work hard for something; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
- 争先恐后 (zhēng xiān kǒng hòu): striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
- 争议 (zhēng yì): controversy; dispute
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 取
HSK 4 Word List
- 取 (qǔ): to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
HSK 5 Word List
- 采取 (cǎi qǔ): to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- 录取 (lù qǔ): to recruit; to enroll
- 取消 (qǔ xiāo): to cancel; cancellation
- 吸取 (xī qǔ): to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight, etc.); to assimilate
- 争取 (zhēng qǔ): to fight for; to strive for; to win over
HSK 6 Word List
- 取缔 (qǔ dì): to ban; to prohibit (publications, customs, etc.); to outlaw; to suppress (violators)
- 索取 (suǒ qǔ): to ask; to demand
- 无理取闹 (wú lǐ qǔ nào): to make trouble without reason (idiom); deliberately awkward; pointless provocation; willful trouble maker
