Wiktionary

爭

See also: 争
爭 U+722D, 爭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722D
← 爬
[U+722C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 爮 →
[U+722E]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

爭 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月尸木 (BSD), four-corner 20507, composition ⿱爫⿻コ𬺰)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 688, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19663
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2031, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+722D

Chinese edit

trad. 爭/争
simp. 争
alternative forms 諍／诤

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 爭
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (爭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
琤 *sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢 *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇 *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭 *ʔsreːŋ
箏 *ʔsreːŋ
猙 *ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩 *ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍 *ʔsreːŋs
凈 *sʰreːŋ
錚 *sʰreːŋ
棦 *sʰreːŋ
竫 *zreŋʔ
睜 *zeŋʔ
淨 *zeŋs

Pictogram (象形) – two hands on a plowshare.

Etymology edit

"to dispute; to fight; to contend; to strive"
Cognate with Tibetan འཛིང་བ ('dzing ba, “to quarrel; to contend; to fight”), Burmese စစ် (cac, “war”) (Schuessler, 2007).
"to lack; to owe"
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • zang1 - literary ("to dispute" and related senses);
  • zaang1 - vernacular ("to contend", "to lack", "to owe");
  • caang1 - "to lack".
Note:
  • zang1 - dispute, fight, etc.;
  • cang1 - to lack, to be missing.
Note:
  • căng - vernacular;
  • cĕng - literary.
Note:
  • chiⁿ/cheⁿ - vernacular;
  • cheng/chng - literary.
Note:
  • 1tsan - vernacular;
  • 1tsen - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 爭
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡səŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡səŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡sə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡səŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡sɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sen⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡sə⁴⁴̃/
Nanjing /t͡sən³¹/
Hefei /t͡sən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡səŋ¹³/
/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/ ～氣
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡səŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sen³³/
Wenzhou /t͡siɛ³³/
/d͡ziɛ³¹/
/d͡ziɛ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʌ̃³¹/
/t͡sɛ³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sən³³/
Xiangtan /t͡sɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sen⁴⁴/ 鬥～
/t͡saŋ⁴⁴/ ～食
Taoyuan /t͡sɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɐŋ⁵³/
/t͡saŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡saŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
/t͡sĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡saiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sẽ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡seŋ²³/
/t͡sɛ²³/
Rime
Character 爭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 側莖切
Baxter tsreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ʃˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈ͡ʂᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ʃɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈ͡ʂəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ʃɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ʃæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʈ͡ʂæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 爭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsrɛng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ts]ˁreŋ/ (~ *m-tsˁreŋ or *mə- tsˁreŋ)
English strife, quarrel

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 爭
Reading # 1/1
No. 17142
Phonetic
component 		争
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		爭
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsreːŋ/

Definitions edit

爭

  1. to dispute; to fight
    冇咩好爭。／冇咩好争。 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 me1 hou2 zaang1. [Jyutping]  ―  It is nothing to fight over.
    兩個人爭了半天，其實說的是一回事。 [Yangzhou Mandarin, trad.]
    两个人争了半天，其实说的是一回事。 [Yangzhou Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Those two have been arguing for all day, but actually they're the same point.
    都講得冒得鬧，不要爭唎！ [Gan, trad.]
    都讲得冒得闹，不要争唎！ [Gan, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    He's not wrong in the first place, stop disputing!
    伊兩隻大爭。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    伊两只大争。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Those two had a big fight.
    開開玩笑，兩家頭就爭起來了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    开开玩笑，两家头就争起来了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    1khe-khe 6woe-shiau 6lian-ka-deu 6zhieu 1tsan 5chi-le 8leq [Wugniu]
    After some bantering, those two started fighting.
  2. to contend
    明個飯後我們跟他們爭冠軍。 [Yangzhou Mandarin, trad.]
    明个饭后我们跟他们争冠军。 [Yangzhou Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Tomorrow, after lunch, we'll be contending for the first place against them.
    大家爭倒發言。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
    大家争倒发言。 [Sichuanese, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    da4 jia1 zen1 dao fa2 yan2 [Sichuanese Pinyin]
    Everyone is fighting for a chance to speak.
  3. to strive
    爭氣／争气  ―  zhēngqì  ―  to strive to excel
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Jin, dialectal Min, Southern Wu) to lack; to be missing; still have; remaining
    佢哋間屋仲爭個廁所未裝。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋间屋仲争个厕所未装。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 gaan1 uk1 zung6 zaang1 go3 ci3 so2 mei6 zong1. [Jyutping]
    Their house still hasn't had the bathroom installed yet.
    到機場仲爭幾分鐘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    到机场仲争几分钟。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    dou3 gei1 coeng4 zung6 zaang1 gei2 fan1 zung1. [Jyutping]
    There are still a couple minutes until we reach the airport.
    好似爭減啲嘢 [Cantonese, trad.]
    好似争减啲嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]
    hou2 ci5 zaang1 gam2 di1 je5 [Jyutping]
    seems to be missing something
  5. (Cantonese) to have a difference (expressed in conjunction with terms of physical distance)
    同X爭好遠／同X争好远 [Cantonese]  ―  tung4 X zaang1 hou2 jyun5 [Jyutping]  ―  to be greatly different from X
    同X爭十萬八千里 [Cantonese, trad.]
    同X争十万八千里 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tung4 X zaang1 sap6 maan6 baat3 cin1 lei5 [Jyutping]
    to be radically different from X ("be different by 108,000 li")
  6. (Ürümqi Mandarin) argumentative
    他那個人太爭咧，和誰都處不好。 [Lanyin Mandarin, trad.]
    他那个人太争咧，和谁都处不好。 [Lanyin Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Tā nàge rén tài zhēng liē, hé shéi dōu chù bùhǎo. [Pinyin]
    He's way too argumentative, he can't hang out with anyone.
  7. (Ürümqi Mandarin) to open up
    把口袋爭開，好往裡裝。 [Lanyin Mandarin, trad.]
    把口袋争开，好往里装。 [Lanyin Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Bǎ kǒudài zhēng kāi, hǎo wǎng lǐ zhuāng. [Pinyin]
    Open up your pocket, let's put it in there.
  8. (dialectal) to owe
    我還爭你三角錢，明天給你。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
    我还争你三角钱，明天给你。 [Sichuanese, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    ngo3 huan2 zen1 nyi3 san1 go2 qian2 min2 tian1 ge1 nyi3 [Sichuanese Pinyin]
    I still owe you thirty cents, I'll give it to you tomorrow.
  9. (Wanrong Mandarin) because; due to; so that
    他倆爭一句話吵起啦。 [Central Plains Mandarin, trad.]
    他俩争一句话吵起啦。 [Central Plains Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Tā liǎ zhēng yī jù huà chǎo qǐ la. [Pinyin]
    They started fighting because of a small line.
  10. (Wanrong Mandarin) capable
    Synonym: 能幹／能干 (nénggàn) (Standard)
    你可爭哩，做活能頂幾外人。 [Central Plains Mandarin, trad.]
    你可争哩，做活能顶几外人。 [Central Plains Mandarin, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Nǐ kě zhēng li, zuò huó néng dǐng jǐ wài rén. [Pinyin]
    You're rather capable aren't you, what you do is comparable to multiple others.
  11. (Suzhounese, Dongguan Cantonese) to argue for the sake of arguing
    Synonym: 抬槓／抬杠 (táigàng) (Standard)
    吾勿搭倷爭，到辰光看到底啥人對。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    吾勿搭倷争，到辰光看到底啥人对。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    I can't be bothered to bicker with you, we'll see who's right eventually.
  12. (Wenzhounese) different
    讀大專伉讀本科是有爭個。 [Wenzhounese, trad.]
    读大专伉读本科是有争个。 [Wenzhounese, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    Going to community college and going to university for an undergrad are different though.
  13. (Jinhua Wu) to have reservations
    渠力氣弗爭箇。 [Wu, trad.]
    渠力气弗争个。 [Wu, simp.]
    From: 现代汉语方言大词典
    He doesn't have much energy left.
  14. 25th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contention" (𝌞)
  15. why, how
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴
Mandarin Beijing 吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子
Taiwan 吵架
Tianjin 犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑
Langfang 吵架
Tangshan 吵吵
Cangzhou 打架
Baoding 吵架
Shijiazhuang 吵架
Daming 吵架
Harbin 吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰
Yantai (Muping) 打嘴仗, 打仗
Qingdao 打仗
Jinan 吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架
Luoyang 嚷架兒
Wanrong 吵架
Xi'an 吵嘴, 吵架, 吵
Yinchuan 吵嘴
Lanzhou 吵仗, 嚷仗
Xining 吵架, 吵嘴
Ürümqi 嚷仗, 吵架
Wuhan 吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵
Chengdu 吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗
Chongqing 吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧
Guiyang 吵架, 鬧起來
Kunming 嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴
Guilin 吵架
Liuzhou 吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架
Xuzhou 磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴
Yangzhou 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死
Nanjing 吵窩子
Hefei 吵嘴
Nantong 罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴
Malaysia 吵架
Singapore 吵架
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵
Hong Kong 嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 嗌交
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 吵鬧
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鬧交
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嘈交
Macau 爭交
Guangzhou (Panyu) 嗌交
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鬧交
Guangzhou (Conghua) 嗌交
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嘈, 怒交
Foshan 嗌交
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嗌交
Foshan (Shunde) 爭交
Foshan (Sanshui) 吵插
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 爭吵, 嗌交
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 爭交
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 爭交
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鬧交
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鬧交
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鬧交
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鬧交
Taishan 鬧交
Kaiping (Chikan) 鬧交
Enping (Niujiang) 鬧交
Heshan (Yayao) 嘈
Dongguan 鬧交, 嘈交
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鬧交
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 嘈交
Yangjiang 打交
Nanning 爭交, 嗌交
Wuzhou 爭交, 嗌交
Yulin 爭交
Hepu (Lianzhou) 爭交
Danzhou 鬧會
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡
Singapore (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 嗌交
Gan Nanchang 罵相罵, 埂仗
Lichuan 相罵, 埂, 吵
Pingxiang 鬥鬧
Hakka Meixian 相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏
Xingning 嘈交哩, 嘈交
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 詏
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 詏
Huidong (Daling) 嘈交
Dongguan (Qingxi) 嘈交
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 爭嘴
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鬧交
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 嘈交, 罵交
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 罵交
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 嘈嘴哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 嘈交哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 嘈相罵
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嘈交
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 嘈嘴
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 嘈交仔
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 爭
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 嘈口, 嘈交
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 嘈交
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 講口
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 講口
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 嘈嘴
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 講口
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嘈交, 相聲
Liannan 嘈交
Conghua (Lütian) 罵交
Jiexi 相詏
Changting 講口, 鬥舌
Wuping 嘈交子, 相罵
Wuping (Pingyu) 嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴
Liancheng 講口, 鬥舌
Ninghua 講口
Yudu 講口
Ruijin 講口
Shicheng 講口
Shangyou (Shexi) 講口
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Hong Kong 嘈交
Luchuan 爭交
Luchuan (Daqiao) 吵嘴
Sabah (Longchuan) 嘈交
Senai (Huiyang) 嘈交
Kuching (Hepo) 相罵
Singkawang 相嘈
Huizhou Jixi 吵, 吵死
Shexian 吵死
Jin Taiyuan 吵, 嚷, 吵架
Xinzhou 嚷架, 嚷
Zhangjiakou 嚷架
Handan 吵架
Northern Min Jian'ou 相罵
Jian'ou (Dikou) 罵架
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 相罵
Pucheng (Shibei) 相爭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 冤家, 相罵
Changle 相爭
Fuqing 冤家, 相罵
Yongtai 相罵
Gutian 相爭
Ningde 相喊
Shouning 咬齧
Zhouning 咬齧
Fuding 猴咬
Southern Min Xiamen 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
Xiamen (Tong'an) 冤家
Quanzhou 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
Jinjiang 冤家, 冤
Zhangzhou 冤家, 冤
Zhao'an 相罵, 冤家, 交拚
Taipei 相罵, 冤家
New Taipei (Sanxia) 相罵, 冤家
Kaohsiung 相罵, 冤家
Yilan 相罵, 冤家
Changhua (Lukang) 相罵, 冤家, 相嚷
Taichung 相罵, 冤家
Taichung (Wuqi) 冤家
Tainan 相罵, 冤家
Taitung 冤家
Hsinchu 相嚷, 相罵
Kinmen 相罵
Penghu (Magong) 相罵
Penang (Hokkien) 相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭
Singapore (Hokkien) 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍
Manila (Hokkien) 冤家, 相諍, 冤
Zhangping (Yongfu) 相罵
Pingnan (Shangdu) 爭交
Chaozhou 相罵, 冤家
Shantou 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
Shantou (Chenghai) 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
Shantou (Chaoyang) 相詏
Jieyang 相罵, 冤家
Haifeng 相罵, 冤家
Bangkok (Teochew) 相罵, 相詏
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 相罵
Singapore (Teochew) 相罵, 冤家
Leizhou 相爭
Wenchang 相罵, 相爭
Haikou 相爭
Singapore (Hainanese) 相罵
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 罵交
Sanxiang 罵交
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 爭交, 爭架, 鬥口
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鬧交子
Wu Shanghai 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 吵相罵, 淘氣
Suzhou 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵
Wuxi 吵相罵, 相罵
Danyang 吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍
Hangzhou 鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒
Shaoxing 討相罵, 悖逆
Ningbo 造孽, 造
Wenzhou 亂起, 相亂, 爭起
Jinhua 相罵, 相爭, 接熱
Jinhua (Tangxi) 相爭
Xiang Changsha 吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋
Xiangtan 扯皮
Loudi 𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架
Shuangfeng 𪘬筋, 扯皮
Quanzhou 爭吵
  • (to lack): 欠 (qiàn)
  • (to owe):
Dialectal synonyms of 欠 (“to owe”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 欠
Mandarin Beijing 該, 欠
Taiwan 欠
Harbin 欠, 該
Yantai (Muping) 欠, 該
Jinan 該, 欠, 短
Luoyang 欠, 該, 爭
Xi'an 爭, 該
Yinchuan 欠, 該
Xining 欠, 該
Ürümqi 欠, 該, 短
Wuhan 該, 差
Chengdu 爭, 該, 欠
Guiyang 爭, 該, 欠
Guilin 欠
Xuzhou 少, 該
Yangzhou 差, 該, 空
Nanjing 空, 該, 欠
Hefei 該, 差
Malaysia 欠
Singapore 欠
Cantonese Guangzhou 爭, 欠
Hong Kong 爭, 欠
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 爭
Macau 爭
Guangzhou (Panyu) 爭
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 爭
Guangzhou (Conghua) 爭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 爭
Foshan 爭
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 爭
Foshan (Shunde) 爭
Foshan (Sanshui) 爭
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 欠
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 爭
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 爭
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 欠
Zhuhai (Doumen) 爭
Jiangmen (Baisha) 爭
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 爭
Taishan 爭
Kaiping (Chikan) 爭
Enping (Niujiang) 爭
Heshan (Yayao) 爭
Dongguan 爭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 爭
Yangjiang 欠, 爭
Nanning 爭
Yulin 爭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 爭
Gan Nanchang 該
Lichuan 欠, 該
Pingxiang 差, 少
Hakka Meixian 欠, 爭
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 少
Huiyang 少, 爭
Dongguan (Qingxi) 爭
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 爭
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 差
Heyuan (Bendihua) 欠
Liannan 欠
Conghua (Lütian) 欠, 爭
Jiexi 欠
Changting 欠
Wuping 少
Ninghua 欠
Yudu 欠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 欠
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 欠
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 欠
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 欠
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 欠
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 欠
Hong Kong 爭
Huizhou Jixi 欠
Jin Taiyuan 該, 短
Xinzhou 該, 短
Northern Min Jian'ou 欠
Eastern Min Fuzhou 欠
Southern Min Xiamen 欠
Quanzhou 欠
Zhangzhou 欠
Taipei 欠 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 欠
Manila (Hokkien) 欠
Chaozhou 欠
Shantou 欠
Singapore (Teochew) 欠
Leizhou 欠, 該
Haikou 欠
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 欠
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 欠, 該
Suzhou 欠
Danyang 欠
Hangzhou 欠
Wenzhou 欠, 爭
Jinhua 欠
Xiang Changsha 該, 欠
Loudi 欠
Shuangfeng 欠, 該
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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  • → Vietnamese: giành

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爭

  1. † Original form of 諍／诤 (zhèng, “to admonish”).

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Shinjitai

争

Kyūjitai

爭

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爭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 争)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 争

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爭 (eumhun 다툴 쟁 (datul jaeng))

  1. Hanja form? of 쟁 (“dispute; fight”).

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爭: Hán Nôm readings: tranh, tránh, giành

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