Chinese symbol for “campaign”
征战
zhēng zhàn
Traditional: 征戰
campaign; expedition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for campaign is 征战 (zhēng zhàn), defined as: campaign; expedition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “campaign”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 竞选活动 (競選活動) | jìng xuǎn huó dòng | (election) campaign |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 役 | yì | forced labor; corvée |
| 游说 (遊說) | yóu shuì | to lobby; to campaign |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 征战.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特征 (特徵) | tè zhēng | characteristic; diagnostic property |
| 象征 (象徵) | xiàng zhēng | symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent |
| 征服 | zhēng fú | to conquer; to subdue |
| 征收 (徵收) | zhēng shōu | to levy (a tax); to expropriate |
| 征求 (徵求) | zhēng qiú | to solicit; to seek |
| 长征 (長征) | cháng zhēng | expedition; long journey |
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “campaign”.
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.