HSK 6 · Society

纠纷 jiūfēn “dispute” in Chinese

Traditional 糾紛

What 纠纷 means

  1. dispute
  2. quarrel

How to say 纠纷

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纠jiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纷fēn1st tone, high and level

纠纷 in a sentence

  1. 邻居之间因为停车发生了纠纷。

    Línjū zhījiān yīnwèi tíngchē fāshēng le jiūfēn.

    The neighbours got into a dispute over parking.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 律师帮我们解决了合同纠纷。

    Lǜshī bāng wǒmen jiějué le hétong jiūfēn.

    The lawyer helped us settle a contract dispute.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 纠纷 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 纠 (jiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
纠jiūto gather together
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mì
  • 丩to connect · jiū
The character 纷 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
纷fēnnumerous
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēn.

How to write 纠纷

纠 5 strokes · 纷 7 strokes

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纠纷 (jiūfēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 纠纷 (jiūfēn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 纠纷

Words with 纠

纠正jiūzhèng · to correct

Words with 纷

纷纷fēnfēn · one after another

More words: Society & Law

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FAQs

纠纷 (jiūfēn) means “dispute” or “quarrel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiūfēn: jiū with a 1st tone, then fēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 纠纷 is written 糾紛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiufen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纠纷 from the suggestions. Typing jiufen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纠纷 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.