爭些

Chinese

		struggle; fight	some; few; several some; few; several; (a measure word)
trad. (爭些)		爭	些
simp. (争些)		争	些

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngxiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngxiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengsie
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-hsieh¹
    • Yale: jēng-syē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengshie
    • Palladius: чжэнсе (čžɛnse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (爭些兒／争些儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngxiēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄝㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengsier
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-hsieh¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jēng-syēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengshie'l
    • Palladius: чжэнсер (čžɛnser)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛɻ⁵⁵/

Adverb

爭些

1. (obsolete) almost; nearly

   • 爹，是個婆婆，爭些勒殺了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     爹，是个婆婆，争些勒杀了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E

     Diē, shì ge pópo, zhēngxiē lēi shā le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 差一點／差一点
• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差無偌／差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點／差点 (chàdiǎn)
• 差點咖子／差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 急下烏／急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭啲／争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒／争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒／争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒／争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 臨臨仔／临临仔 (Hokkien)
• 險／险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險些／险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎／险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)
• 險險／险险 (Hokkien)