爭辯

See also: 争辩

Chinese

		struggle; fight	dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss
trad. (爭辯)		爭	辯
simp. (争辩)		争	辩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ bin⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng-piān / cheng-piǎn

(Teochew, Peng'im): zên¹ biang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngbiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhengbiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chêng¹-pien⁴
  - Yale: jēng-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengbiann
  - Palladius: чжэнбянь (čžɛnbjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zang¹ bin⁶
  - Yale: jāng bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ bin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ piːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-piān
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengpien
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-piǎn
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-piǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ piɛn²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zên¹ biang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseⁿ piăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sẽ³³⁻²³ piaŋ³⁵/

Verb

爭辯

to wrangle; to get into a dispute; to argue; to contend

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)
爭持 / 争持 (zhēngchí)
爭論 / 争论 (zhēnglùn)
爭議 / 争议 (zhēngyì)
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)