HSK 5 · Verbs

争取 zhēngqǔ “to fight for” in Chinese

Traditional 爭取

What 争取 means

  1. to fight for
  2. to strive for
  3. to win over

How to say 争取

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale取qǔ3rd tone, dipping

争取 in a sentence

  1. 今天晚上我先用一下，争取明天还给你。

    Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ xiān yòng yíxià, zhēngqǔ míngtiān huán gěi nǐ.

    I’ll use it for a bit this evening and try to give it back to you tomorrow.

    Sentence #756878 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 争取 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 取 (qǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
取qǔto take
  • 耳ear · ěr
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 争取

争 6 strokes · 取 8 strokes

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

Words related to 争取

Words with 争

竞争jìngzhēng · to compete争论zhēnglùn · to argue战争zhànzhēng · war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

Words with 取

取qǔ · to take吸取xīqǔ · to absorb采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures取消qǔxiāo · to cancel录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)索取suǒqǔ · to ask for取缔qǔdì · to ban无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

More words: Common Verbs

着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire召开zhàokāi · to convene (a conference or meeting)针对zhēnduì · to target振动zhèndòng · to vibrate睁zhēng · to open (one’s eyes)指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct制定zhìdìng · to draw up

FAQs

争取 (zhēngqǔ) means “to fight for” or “to strive for”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhēngqǔ: zhēng with a 1st tone, then qǔ with a 3rd 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, 争取 is written 爭取. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 争取 from the suggestions. Typing zhengqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
争取 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.