爭鋒

See also: 争锋

Chinese

		struggle; fight	point or edge of a tool
trad. (爭鋒)		爭	鋒
simp. (争锋)		争	锋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengfong
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: jēng-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengfeng
    • Palladius: чжэнфэн (čžɛnfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang¹ fung¹
    • Yale: jāng fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsreang phjowng

Rime
Character	爭	鋒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	側莖切	敷容切
Baxter	tsreang	phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛŋ/	/pʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨjŋ/	/pʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɛŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃæŋ/	/pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂæŋ/	/pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zang1	fung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤreŋ  pʰ(r)oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsreːŋ  pʰoŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爭	鋒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēng	fēng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrɛng ›	‹ phjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁreŋ/ (~ *m-tsˁreŋ or *mə- tsˁreŋ)	/*pʰ(r)oŋ/
English	strife, quarrel	point of a weapon
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	鋒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17142	3227
Phonetic component	争	丰
Rime group	耕	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	爭	峯
Old Chinese	/*ʔsreːŋ/	/*pʰoŋ/

Verb

爭鋒

1. (literary) to fight to decide a winner

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (爭鋒):

• → Vietnamese: tranh phong (爭鋒)