爭持

Chinese

		struggle; fight	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (爭持)		爭	持
simp. (争持)		争	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻih²
    • Yale: jēng-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyr
    • Palladius: чжэнчи (čžɛnči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: jāng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Verb

爭持

1. to refuse to give in; to stick to one's guns

Synonyms

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• 分說 / 分说 (fēnshuō) (literary)
• 分辯 / 分辩 (fēnbiàn)
• 力爭 / 力争 (lìzhēng)
• 反駁 / 反驳 (fǎnbó)
• 急聒 (jíguō) (literary)
• 扳 (literary, or in compounds)
• 批駁 / 批驳 (pībó)
• 爭執 / 争执 (zhēngzhí)
• 爭論 / 争论 (zhēnglùn)
• 爭議 / 争议 (zhēngyì)
• 爭辯 / 争辩 (zhēngbiàn)
• 理論 / 理论 (lǐlùn)
• 痛斥 (tòngchì) (as a denouncement)
• 盤喙錦 / 盘喙锦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 盤話 / 盘话
• 相拗 (Hakka)
• 相諍 / 相诤 (Hokkien)
• 相諍相拁 / 相诤相拁 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 紛爭 / 纷争 (fēnzhēng)
• 聲辯 / 声辩 (shēngbiàn)
• 計較 / 计较
• 諍喙 / 诤喙 (Hokkien)
• 論戰 / 论战 (lùnzhàn)
• 論爭 / 论争 (lùnzhēng)
• 較量 / 较量 (jiàoliàng)
• 辯嘴 / 辩嘴 (bìng-cṳ̌) (Northern Min)
• 辯白 / 辩白 (biànbái)
• 辯解 / 辩解 (biànjiě) (to try to defend oneself)
• 辯論 / 辩论 (biànlùn)
• 辯護 / 辩护 (biànhù)
• 辯駁 / 辩驳 (biànbó)
• 駁斥 / 驳斥 (bóchì) (as a denouncement)
• 駁議 / 驳议 (bóyì) (literary)