争 zhēng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
争端
zhēngduān
dispute; controversy; conflict
Characters in this word
端 duān
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- Made of
- 立 to stand 耑 specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 边境争端若长期得不到解决，往往会被国内政治进一步放大。 Biānjìng zhēngduān ruò chángqī dé bù dào jiějué, wǎngwǎng huì bèi guónèi zhèngzhì jìnyíbù fàngdà. If a border dispute remains unresolved for a long time, it is often further amplified by domestic politics.
- 两国正在通过谈判解决贸易争端。 Liǎng guó zhèngzài tōngguò tánpàn jiějué màoyì zhēngduān. The two countries are resolving their trade dispute through negotiations.
- 因为一棵树的影子，两家闹起了小小的争端。 Yīnwèi yī kē shù de yǐngzi, liǎng jiā nào qǐ le xiǎoxiǎo de zhēngduān. Because of a tree's shadow, the two neighbors got into a small 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
- 争议 zhēngyì dispute; controversy
- 斗争 dòuzhēng to struggle; struggle, fight
- 争吵 zhēngchǎo to quarrel, to argue
- 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