争 zhēng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
争吵
zhēngchǎo
to quarrel, to argue
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 双方因付款事项发生争吵，会议一度被迫中断。 Shuāngfāng yīn fùkuǎn shìxiàng fāshēng zhēngchǎo, huìyì yídù bèi pò zhōngduàn. The two sides quarrelled over the payment matter, and the meeting was temporarily forced to stop.
- 两个孩子为了一个玩具又争吵起来。 Liǎng ge háizi wèile yí ge wánjù yòu zhēngchǎo qǐlai. The two children started quarrelling over a toy again.
- 邻居们的争吵声把我从梦中吵醒了。 Línjūmen de zhēngchǎo shēng bǎ wǒ cóng mèng zhōng chǎoxǐng le. The sound of the neighbours quarrelling woke me from my sleep.
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
- 争议 zhēngyì dispute; controversy
- 斗争 dòuzhēng to struggle; struggle, fight
- 争夺 zhēngduó to fight for, to compete for
- 抗争 kàngzhēng to resist; to struggle
- 力争 lìzhēng to strive for; to make every effort to obtain
- 争辩 zhēngbiàn to argue; to debate; to dispute
- 争端 zhēngduān dispute; controversy; conflict