Chinese Word Entry

爭奪

Simplified Chinese form: 争夺

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zhēng duó
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang1 dyut6
Definitions:
  1. to fight over

  2. to contest

  3. to vie over


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Chinese characters used in this word

to dispute, fight, contend, strive
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄥ (zhēng), ㄓㄥˋ (zhèng)
Cantonese: zaang1
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / あらそ.う (arasou)、 いか.でか (ikadeka)
Korean: 쟁 (jaeng)
Vietnamese: tranh, tránh
Variants
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Simplified Japanese form:

rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp, snatch
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄨㄛˊ (duó), ㄉㄨㄟˋ (duì)
Cantonese: dyut6
Japanese: ダツ (datsu) / うば.う (ubau)
Korean: 탈 (tal)
Vietnamese: đoạt
Variants
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