挣扎 Chinese English dictionary 挣扎 translate 挣扎 pinyin

挣扎

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
挣扎 zhēngzhá	挣扎 \| 挣扎* \| *挣扎	to struggle	掙扎 HSK 7-9

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
挣	挣 \| 挣* \| *挣	9画手扌 + 6	zhēng, zhèng	strive, endeavor, struggle	zang1	掙 5705 QNSD


扎	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	4画手扌 + 1	zhā, zhá, zā, zhǎ	pull up; pierce; struggle free	zaat3	5201.0 QU

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
挣扎 zhēngzhá	挣扎 \| 挣扎* \| *挣扎	to struggle


挣 zhēng	挣 \| 挣* \| *挣	used in 掙扎｜挣扎


挣 zhèng	挣 \| 挣* \| *挣	to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money)


扎　zhā	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")


扎　zhá	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	used in 掙扎｜挣扎


扎　zā	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	variant of 紮｜扎


扎　zhā	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	variant of 紮｜扎


扎　zā	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]


扎　zhā	扎 \| 扎* \| *扎	(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]