爭鳴

See also: 争鸣

Chinese

		struggle; fight	to cry (of birds)
trad. (爭鳴)		爭	鳴
simp. (争鸣)		争	鸣
Literally: “[of birds] to contend to sing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-bêng / chng-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-ming²
    • Yale: jēng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengming
    • Palladius: чжэнмин (čžɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: jāng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngbeeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ biɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

爭鳴

1. to contend

Synonyms

• 抗衡 (kànghéng)

Derived terms

• 百家爭鳴／百家争鸣 (bǎijiāzhēngmíng)