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爭

爭

See also: 争

Translingual

Han character

爭 (radical 87 爪+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月尸木 (BSD), four-corner 20507)

References

  • KangXi: page 688, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19663
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2031, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+722D

Chinese

trad. 爭
simp. 争

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 爭
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡səŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡səŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡sə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡səŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡sɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sen⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡sə̃/
Nanjing /t͡sən³¹/
Hefei /t͡sən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡səŋ¹³/
/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/ ～氣
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡səŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sen³³/
Wenzhou /t͡siɛ³³/
/d͡ziɛ³¹/
/d͡ziɛ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʌ̃³¹/
/t͡sɛ³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sən³³/
Xiangtan /t͡sɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sen⁴⁴/ 鬥～
/t͡saŋ⁴⁴/ ～食
Taoyuan /t͡sɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɐŋ⁵³/
/t͡saŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡saŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
/t͡sĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡saiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sẽ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡seŋ²³/
/t͡sɛ²³/
Rime
Character 爭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 側莖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhēng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 爭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhēng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrɛng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˤreŋ/ (~ *m-tsˤreŋ or *mə- tsˤreŋ)
English strife, quarrel

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Verb

爭

  1. to dispute, fight
  2. to contend
  3. to strive
  4. (Cantonese) to lack, to be missing
    佢哋間屋仲爭個廁所未裝。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋间屋仲争个厕所未装。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 dei6 gaan1 uk1 zung6zaang1 go3 ci3 so2 mei6 zong1. [Jyutping]
    Their house still hasn't had the bathroom installed yet.
  5. (Cantonese) still have; remaining
    到機場仲爭幾分鐘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    到机场仲争几分钟。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Dou3 gei1 coeng4 zung6zaang1 gei2 fan1 zung1. [Jyutping]
    There are still a couple minutes until we reach the airport.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

爭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

爭 • ‎(jaeng) (hangeul 쟁, revised jaeng, McCune-Reischauer chaeng, Yale cayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爭 (tranh, dềnh, ganh, giành, chanh, danh, dành, gianh)

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