Chinese symbol for “dispute”
纠纷
jiū fēn
Traditional: 糾紛
dispute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispute is 纠纷 (jiū fēn), defined as: dispute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dispute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辩 (辯) | biàn | to dispute; to debate |
| 争执 (爭執) | zhēng zhí | to dispute; to disagree |
| 争端 (爭端) | zhēng duān | dispute; controversy |
| 纷争 (紛爭) | fēn zhēng | to dispute |
| 争辩 (爭辯) | zhēng biàn | a dispute; to wrangle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纠纷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纠正 (糾正) | jiū zhèng | to correct; to make right |
| 纠缠 (糾纏) | jiū chán | to be in a tangle; to nag |
| 纠结 (糾結) | jiū jié | to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled |
| 纠葛 (糾葛) | jiū gé | entanglement; dispute |
| 纠错 (糾錯) | jiū cuò | to correct an error |
| 纷纷 (紛紛) | fēn fēn | one after another; in succession |
| 纷争 (紛爭) | fēn zhēng | to dispute |
| 缤纷 (繽紛) | bīn fēn | vast and various; rich and diverse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dispute”.
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.