HSK 5 · Society

战争 zhànzhēng “war” in Chinese

Traditional 戰爭

What 战争 means

  1. war
  2. conflict

Measure word 场 cháng or 次 cì · 一场战争 yì cháng zhànzhēng

How to say 战争

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale战zhàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale争zhēng1st tone, high and level

战争 in a sentence

  1. 这部电影讲的是一个普通家庭在战争中的故事。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎng de shì yí ge pǔtōng jiātíng zài zhànzhēng zhōng de gùshi.

    This film tells the story of an ordinary family during a war.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 战争给人们带来了很多痛苦。

    Zhànzhēng gěi rénmen dàilái le hěn duō tòngkǔ.

    War brings people great suffering.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 战争 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 战 (zhàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
战zhànto fight
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part
  • 戈halberd · gēMeaning part

戈 hints at the meaning (halberd); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàn.

The character 争 (zhēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
争zhēngto strive for
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 战争

战 9 strokes · 争 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 战争

Words with 战

挑战tiǎozhàn · to challenge战斗zhàndòu · to fight战役zhànyì · battle战略zhànlüè · strategy战术zhànshù · tactics

Words with 争

竞争jìngzhēng · to compete争论zhēnglùn · to argue争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for力争lìzhēng · to strive for争夺zhēngduó · to fight over争气zhēngqì · to try hard not to disappoint斗争dòuzhēng · struggle争端zhēngduān · dispute争议zhēngyì · dispute争先恐后zhēngxiānkǒnghòu · to compete eagerly

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FAQs

战争 (zhànzhēng) means “war” or “conflict”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhànzhēng: zhàn with a 4th tone, then zhēng 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, 战争 is written 戰爭. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 场 (cháng) or 次 (cì). For example, one war is 一场战争 (yì cháng zhànzhēng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 战争 from the suggestions. Typing zhanzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
战争 is an HSK 5 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.