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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
爭持
- to refuse to give in; to stick to one's guns
Synonyms
- 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)