| 爭 | 1143C20 90.00 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄓㄥ [zheng1] (*ㄓㄥˋ [zheng4] ). | ||
| V.i. & t. & n. | (1) Compete, struggle, take part in contest: 相爭 compete with each other; 好爭 quarrelsome; 鬥爭 to struggle, a struggle (for supremacy), fight; 競爭 competition, contest, match; 爭權奪利 struggle for power and money; 爭功 fight to show results or for recognition of merit; 爭年 (AC) argue as to who is older; 爭閒氣 fight for vain or trivial reasons. (2) To argue, dispute: 爭辯，爭論 [zheng1bian4], [zheng1lun4]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (*[zheng4]) (Interch. 諍) straight-forward, straight-speaking: 爭臣 (AC) honest-speaking minister; 爭友 (AC) friend who gives straight advice; 爭子(AC) a son who gives candid advice to father. | |||||
| Adj. & conj. | (MC) how (＝modn. 怎): 爭知 how does one know; 爭得，爭可 how can; 爭忍 how can one bear to; 爭不 why not; 爭奈，爭似 [zheng1nai4], [zheng1si4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 爭霸 [zheng1ba4], v.i., (AC) compete for hegemony among states. 2. 爭辯 [zheng1bian4], v.i., & n., argue, dispute; a controversy: 不和他爭辯 will not argue with him. 3. 爭吵 [zheng1chao3], v.i. & n., squabble, brawl, altercation, fracas. 4. 爭強 [zheng1qiang2], v.i., to struggle in rivalry; compete for supremacy. 5. 爭氣 [zheng1qi4], v.i., to fight for purely emotional reasons (for honor or rivalry). 6. 爭持 [zheng1chi2], (1) v.i., to wrangle, contend, to contest ground, not give in; (2) n., contention. 7. 爭取 [zheng1qU3], v.i. & t., to strive for, to fight for. 8. 爭鬥 [zheng1dou4], v.i. & n., (to) fight, wrangle. 9. 爭端 [zheng1duan1], n., point of dispute, “bone of contention.” 10. 爭奪 [zheng1duo2], v.i. & n., to fight, a fight for possession (of land, power, position, beautiful woman). 11. 爭風 [zheng1feng1]1, phr., 爭風吃醋 fight for a man’s or woman's favors. 12. 爭鋒 [zheng1feng1]2, v.i., to match on battlefield: 爭鋒對疊. 13. 爭光 [zheng1guang1], v.i., vie for honor. 14. 爭衡 [zheng1heng2], v.i., contend, to rival. 15. 爭競 [zheng1jing0], (1) v.i., to compete (also 競爭); (2) n., competition. 16. 爭執 [zheng1zhi2], v.i. & n., see [zheng1chi2]↑. 17. 爭論 [zheng1lun4], v.i. & n., (engage in) controversy. 18. 爭奈 [zheng1nai4], adv., (MC) however (＝怎奈＝無奈). 19. 爭勝 [zheng1sheng4], v.i. & n., see [zheng1qiang2]↑. 20. 爭先 [zheng1xian1], v.i., fight to be first: 爭先恐後 in a mad rush to be first. 21. 爭些 [zheng1xie1], adv., (MC) almost (＝modn. 差一點兒). 22. 爭席 [zheng1xi2], v.i., indulge in argument on seating order at table. 23. 爭雄 [zheng1xiong2], v.i., fight for supremacy. 24. 爭訟 [zheng1song4], n., lawsuit. 25. 爭似 [zheng1si4], adv., (MC) like: 多情爭似無情 true love conceals love (“ardent love appears like cold”). 26. 爭嘴 [zheng1zui3], v.i., to bicker, squabble. | |||||