Chinese symbol for “contend”
争鸣
zhēng míng
Traditional: 爭鳴
to contend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contend is 争鸣 (zhēng míng), defined as: to contend.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “contend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue; to debate |
| 斗 (鬥) | dòu | to fight; to struggle |
| 竞 (競) | jìng | to compete; to contend |
| 角逐 | jué zhú | to tussle; to contend |
| 论战 (論戰) | lùn zhàn | to debate; to contend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 争鸣.
| 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 |
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue; to debate |
| 共鸣 (共鳴) | gòng míng | (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response |
| 百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴) | bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contend”.
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.