争 zhēng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
争议
zhēngyì
dispute; controversy
Characters in this word
议 yì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 义 right conduct, propriety
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这事有争议。 Zhè shì yǒu zhēngyì. This matter is controversial.
- 争议不小。 Zhēngyì bù xiǎo. The dispute is not small.
- 他们有争议。 Tāmen yǒu zhēngyì. They have a dispute.
Related words
- 争 zhēng to fight for; to argue
- 争取 zhēngqǔ to strive for; to win over
- 战争 zhànzhēng war
- 争论 zhēnglùn to argue
- 竞争 jìngzhēng to compete; competition
- 会议 huìyì meeting
- 建议 jiànyì suggestion; to suggest
- 议论 yìlùn to discuss; to talk about
- 协议 xiéyì agreement
- 协议书 xiéyìshū contract
- 真理 zhēnlǐ truth
- 矛盾 máodùn conflict; contradiction