争 (爭) zhēng

  1. zhēng verb to compete; to struggle; to fight; to contend; to strive
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 竞争 (Guoyu '爭' v 2; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1, p. 602; Mathews 1931 '爭', p. 46; Unihan '爭'; XHZD '争' 1, p. 971)
  2. zhēng verb to snatch; to capture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 夺取 (Guoyu '爭' v 1)
  3. zhēng verb to debate; to dispute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 辩论 (Guoyu '爭' v 3; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1a, p. 602; Unihan '爭'; XHZD '争' 2, p. 971)
  4. zhēng verb to lack; to differ; to vary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 相差 (Guoyu '爭' v 4; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1b, p. 602; XHZD '争' 3, p. 971)
  5. zhēng verb to advise against
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 规劝 (Guoyu '爭' v 5; Kroll 2015 '爭' 2, p. 602)
  6. zhēng adverb how; what way; what
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 如何 or as an interjection (Guoyu '爭' adv; Kroll 2015 '爭' 4, p. 602; XHZD '争' 4, p. 971)
  7. zhēng adverb very; extremely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '爭' 3, p. 602)

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