争取
zhēng qǔㄓㄥ ㄑㄩˇ
Sino-Vietnamese: TRANH THỦ
Traditional: 爭取
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb)
to fight for; to strive for; to win over
Vietnamese 'tranh thủ' means 'make use of time'; 争取 means strive to win.
Examples
我争取今年通过HSK五级。
wǒ zhēng qǔ jīn nián tōng guò HSK wǔ jí.
I'm aiming to pass HSK 5 this year.
我们要争取更多的客户。
wǒ men yào zhēng qǔ gèng duō de kè hù.
We need to win over more customers.
他在努力争取这次机会。
tā zài nǔ lì zhēng qǔ zhè cì jī huì.
He's working hard to get this opportunity.
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Stroke order
TRANH · 6 strokes
to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
THỦ · 8 strokes
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
Related words
- 竞争 jìng zhēng — to compete; competition
- 战争 zhàn zhēng — war; conflict
- 争论 zhēng lùn — to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
- 斗争 dòu zhēng — a struggle; fight; battle
- 争夺 zhēng duó — to fight over; to contest; to vie over
- 争议 zhēng yì — controversy; dispute; to dispute
- 争端 zhēng duān — dispute; controversy; conflict
- 力争 lì zhēng — to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly