爭〔争〕 zang¹ {zhēng}

1. to strive for
2. to vie for
3. to argue or debate
4. deficient or lacking (dialect)
5. how or what (literary)

爭在〔争-〕 zaang¹ zoi⁶ {zhēng zài}

only when; it depends on

爭拗〔争-〕 zang¹ aau² {zhēng niù}

argue; argument

爭吵〔争-〕 zang¹ caau² {zhēng chǎo}

argument

爭啲〔争-〕 zang¹ di¹ {zhēng dī}

nearly; closely (spoken)

爭奪〔争夺〕 zang¹ dyut⁶ {zhēng duó}

to take over; to compete

爭交〔争-〕 zang¹ gaau¹ {zhēng jiāo}

argue (spoken)

爭住〔争-〕 zang¹ zyu⁶ {zhēng zhù}

to fight to

爭霸〔争-〕 zang¹ baa³ {zhēng bà}

1. to contend for hegemony
2. a power struggle

爭辯〔争辩〕 zang¹ bin⁶ {zhēng biàn}

1. a dispute
2. to wrangle

爭吵〔争-〕 zang¹ caau² {zhēng chǎo}

1. to quarrel
2. dispute

爭取〔争-〕 zang¹ ceoi² {zhēng qǔ}

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

爭持〔争-〕 zang¹ ci⁴ {zhēng chí}

1. to refuse to concede
2. not to give in

爭搶〔争抢〕 zang¹ coeng² {zhēng qiǎng}

1. to fight over
2. to scramble for

爭寵〔争宠〕 zang¹ cung² {zhēng chǒng}

to strive for favor

爭得〔争-〕 zang¹ dak¹ {zhēng dé}

1. to obtain by an effort
2. to strive to get sth

爭鬥〔争斗〕 zang¹ dau³ {zhēng dòu}

1. struggle
2. war

爭端〔争-〕 zang¹ dyun¹ {zhēng duān}

1. dispute
2. controversy
3. conflict

爭奪〔争夺〕 zang¹ dyut⁶ {zhēng duó}

1. to fight over
2. to contest
3. to vie over

爭鋒〔争锋〕 zang¹ fung¹ {zhēng fēng}

to strive

爭購〔争购〕 zang¹ gau³ {zhēng gòu}

1. to compete
2. to fight for
3. to rush to purchase

爭光〔争-〕 zang¹ gwong¹ {zhēng guāng}

1. to win an honor
2. to strive to win a prize

爭衡〔争-〕 zang¹ hang⁴ {zhēng héng}

1. to struggle for mastery
2. to strive for supremacy

爭氣〔争气〕 zang¹ hei³ {zhēng qì}

1. to work hard for sth
2. to resolve on improvement
3. determined not to fall short

爭雄〔争-〕 zang¹ hung⁴ {zhēng xióng}

to contend for supremacy

爭議〔争议〕 zang¹ ji⁵ {zhēng yì}

1. controversy
2. dispute
3. to dispute

爭論〔争论〕 zang¹ leon⁶ {zhēng lùn}

1. to argue
2. to debate
3. to contend
4. argument
5. contention
6. controversy
7. debate
8. CL: 次,場

爭鳴〔争鸣〕 zang¹ ming⁴ {zhēng míng}

to contend

爭臣〔争-〕 zang¹ san⁴ {zhēng chén}

minister not afraid to give forthright criticism

爭先〔争-〕 zang¹ sin¹ {zhēng xiān}

1. to compete to be first
2. to contest first place

爭相〔争-〕 zang¹ soeng¹ {zhēng xiāng}

to fall over each other in their eagerness to...

爭執〔争执〕 zang¹ zap¹ {zhēng zhí}

1. to dispute
2. to disagree
3. to argue opinionatedly
4. to wrangle

爭戰〔争战〕 zang¹ zin³ {zhēng zhàn}

fight

爭訟〔争讼〕 zang¹ zung⁶ {zhēng sòng}

1. dispute involving litigation
2. legal dispute

爭崩頭〔争-头〕 zaang¹ bang¹ tau⁴ {zhēng bēng tóu}

(noun) a severe completion; in a fight for something

爭奪戰〔争夺战〕 zang¹ dyut⁶ zin³ {zhēng duó zhàn}

struggle

爭議性〔争议-〕 zang¹ ji⁵ sing³ {zhēng yì xìng}

controversial

爭球線〔争-线〕 zang¹ kau⁴ sin³ {zhēng qiú xiàn}

scrimmage line (American football)

爭論點〔争论点〕 zang¹ leon⁶ dim² {zhēng lùn diǎn}

contention

爭面子〔争--〕 zang¹ min⁶ zi² {zhēng miàn zi}

to fight for a good reputation

爭奇鬥艷〔争-斗艳〕 zaang¹ kei⁴ dau³ jim⁶ {zhēng qí dòu yàn}

to compete with each other in terms of beauty and glamour

爭天共地〔争---〕 zaang¹ tin¹ gung⁶ dei⁶ {zhēng tiān gòng dì}

(adjective) completely dissimilar or different; two different things or worlds

爭長論短〔争长论-〕 zang¹ coeng⁴ leon⁶ dyun² {zhēng cháng lùn duǎn}

1. lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
2. a storm in a teacup

爭分奪秒〔争-夺-〕 zang¹ fan¹ dyut⁶ miu⁵ {zhēng fēn duó miǎo}

1. lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
2. making every second count

爭風吃醋〔争风--〕 zang¹ fung¹ hek³ cou³ {zhēng fēng chī cù}

1. to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman
2. to be jealous of a rival in a love affair

爭妍鬥艷〔争-斗艳〕 zang¹ jin⁴ dau³ jim⁶ {zhēng yán dòu yàn}

1. contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)
2. vying in beauty and glamor

爭強好勝〔争强-胜〕 zang¹ koeng⁴ hou³ sing³ {zhēng qiáng hào shèng}

1. competitive
2. ambitious and aggressive
3. to desire to beat others

爭權奪利〔争权夺-〕 zang¹ kyun⁴ dyut⁶ lei⁶ {zhēng quán duó lì}

scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

爭名奪利〔争-夺-〕 zang¹ ming⁴ dyut⁶ lei⁶ {zhēng míng duó lì}

1. to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
2. only interested in personal gain

爭先恐後〔争--后〕 zang¹ sin¹ hung² hau⁶ {zhēng xiān kǒng hòu}

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

爭執不下〔争执--〕 zang¹ zap¹ bat¹ haa⁶ {zhēng zhí bù xià}

to quarrel endlessly