HSK 6 · Verbs

争夺 zhēngduó “to fight over” in Chinese

Traditional 爭奪

What 争夺 means

  1. to fight over
  2. to compete for
  3. to contest
  4. to vie over

How to say 争夺

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale争zhēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale夺duó2nd tone, rising

争夺 in a sentence

  1. 两支球队正在争夺冠军。

    Liǎng zhī qiúduì zhèngzài zhēngduó guànjūn.

    The two teams are competing for the championship.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子们争夺最后一块蛋糕。

    Háizimen zhēngduó zuìhòu yí kuài dàngāo.

    The children fought over the last piece of cake.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 争夺 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 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
The character 夺 (duó) with each of its parts in a different colour
夺duóto seize
  • 大big · dà
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 争夺

争 6 strokes · 夺 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 争夺

Words with 争

竞争jìngzhēng · to compete争论zhēnglùn · to argue争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for战争zhànzhēng · war力争lìzhēng · to strive for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

Words with 夺

掠夺lüèduó · to plunder

More words: Common Verbs

瞻仰zhānyǎng · to look up to with reverence折zhé · to break遮挡zhēdǎng · to block折磨zhémo · to torment征服zhēngfú · to conquer挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn支撑zhīchēng · to support

FAQs

争夺 (zhēngduó) means “to fight over” or “to compete for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēngduó: zhēng with a 1st tone, then duó with a 2nd 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, 争夺 is written 爭奪. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengduo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 争夺 from the suggestions. Typing zhengduo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
争夺 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.