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)