挣 (掙) zhèng
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zhèng
verb
to earn; to make money
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '掙', p. 51; Unihan '掙'; XHZD '掙' 2, p. 974) -
zhèng
verb
to stab; to pierce
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '掙', p. 51; Unihan '掙') -
zhēng
verb
to struggle; to strive; to endeavor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '掙' zhēng v 1; Mathews 1931 '掙', p. 51; Unihan '掙'; XHZD '掙', p. 971) -
zhèng
verb
to wedge in
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '掙') -
zhèng
verb
to struggle to get free
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '掙' zhēng v 2; Mathews 1931 '掙', p. 51; XHZD '掙' 1, p. 974) -
zhèng
verb
to contest; to fight
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 争夺 (Guoyu '掙' zhēng v 3)
Contained in
- 挣扎(掙扎) to struggle; to resist ; to stab; to pierce
- 挣脱(掙脫) to throw off; to struggle free of
- 挣子(掙子) a son who earns to support his family
- 挣来(掙來) to earn
- 挣坏了(掙壞了) to be pulled apart
- 挣开(掙開) to break open
- 挣牙(掙牙) to get something caught between the teeth
- 挣家立业(掙家立業) to support a family and establish a career
- 撒呓挣(撒囈掙) somniloquy; to talk or act in one's sleep; sleep-walking
- 挣得(掙得) to earn (income); to make (money)
- 垂死挣扎(垂死掙扎) deathbed struggle; final struggle
- 挣断(掙斷) to struggle and break free
- 挣钱(掙錢) to make money
- 挣光荣(掙光榮) to struggle for honor and glory
- 挣面子(掙面子) to fight for one's reputation
- 扎挣(扎掙) to try with difficulty ; to struggle
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第七回 Chapter 7 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第九十七回 Chapter 97 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 47 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
Collocations
- 挣挫 (掙挫) 掙挫不得 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六十五回 Chapter 65 — count: 12
- 挣挣 (掙掙) 只是呆呆掙掙 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 12
- 呆挣 (呆掙) 只是呆呆掙掙 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 8
- 一挣 (一掙) 掙了一掙 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十六回 Chapter 46 — count: 6
- 挣起来 (掙起來) 掙起來正走 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十二回 Chapter 32 — count: 6
- 挣命 (掙命) 兩個都在掙命 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 6
- 展挣 (展掙) 若得英雄重展掙 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七回 Chapter 7 — count: 4
- 在挣 (在掙) 兩個都在掙命 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 3
- 挣起 (掙起) 興就水中掙起看時 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第九十四回 Chapter 94 — count: 3
- 要挣 (要掙) 卻要掙破那金鐃 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第六十五回 Chapter 65 — count: 3