Chinese symbol for “contention”
冲突
chōng tū
Traditional: 衝突
conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contention is 冲突 (chōng tū), defined as: conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “contention”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue; to debate |
| 争论点 (爭論點) | zhēng lùn diǎn | contention |
| 论据 (論據) | lùn jù | grounds (for an argument); contention |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲突.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 冲破 (衝破) | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough |
| 突出 | tū chū | prominent; outstanding |
| 突击 (突擊) | tū jī | sudden and violent attack; assault |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contention”.
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.