Chinese symbol for “argue”
争论
zhēng lùn
Traditional: 爭論
to argue; to debate; to contend; argument
The closest CC-CEDICT match for argue is 争论 (zhēng lùn), defined as: to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “argue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辩称 (辯稱) | biàn chēng | to argue (that); to allege |
| 讲理 (講理) | jiǎng lǐ | to argue; to reason with sb |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 阋 (鬩) | xì | to argue; to quarrel |
| 置辩 (置辯) | zhì biàn | to argue |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 争论.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 竞争 (競爭) | jìng zhēng | to compete; competition |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 争议 (爭議) | zhēng yì | controversy; dispute |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
See also: Japanese symbol for “argue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.