掙 [挣]

Jyutping zaang1
Pinyin zhēng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to struggle/to strive/to endeavour

掙 [挣]

Jyutping zaang6
Pinyin zhēng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to break away from/to stuff with/to gorge/to earn
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    用​勞力​獲取​金錢​、​揾​錢
    to earn money through one's hard work
    • 揾錢養屋企
      揾钱养屋企
      掙錢養家
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to struggle to get free
    • 掙扎
      挣扎
      zhēng zhā
      to struggle
    • 掙斷繩索
      挣断绳索
      zhèng duàn shéng suǒ
      to break oneself free from a rope
  2. character
    to hold open (with force)
  3. character
    to struggle to support
  4. character
    to earn; to make
    • 掙面子
      挣面子
      zhèng miàn zi
      to earn "face" from others
    • 你每個月掙多少錢？
      你每个月挣多少钱？
      nǐ měi ge yuè zhèng duō shao qián ？
      How much do you make each month?
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 撐 – 撑
  2. 擠 – 挤
  3. 塞
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #997
  2. HSK3 五级汉字表 #290

掙 [挣]

Jyutping zaang6
Pinyin zhèng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to struggle to get free
  2. to strive to acquire
  3. to make (money)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to earn; to make
    • 掙面子
      挣面子
      zhèng miàn zi
      to earn "face" from others
    • 你每個月掙多少錢？
      你每个月挣多少钱？
      nǐ měi ge yuè zhèng duō shao qián ？
      How much do you make each month?
  2. character
    to hold open (with force)
  3. character
    to struggle to support
  4. character
    to struggle to get free
    • 掙扎
      挣扎
      zhēng zhā
      to struggle
    • 掙斷繩索
      挣断绳索
      zhèng duàn shéng suǒ
      to break oneself free from a rope

掙 [挣]

Jyutping zang1
Pinyin zhēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) Throw off
  2. to struggle/to strive/to endeavour
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    意圖​脱離​一​啲​嘢​所以​係​咁​郁
    to move one's body in order to escape from sth
    • 掙扎
      挣扎
      zang1 zaat3
      struggle
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. to strive, endeavor, struggle
  2. to earn
  3. to pierce
  4. to wedge in
  5. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    QNSD
  6. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    QBSD
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    别老躺着啊，要是躺着能挣钱也行。
    別老躺着啊，要是躺着能掙錢也行。
    bié lǎo tǎng zhe a ， yào shi tǎng zhe néng zhèng qián yě xíng 。
    • Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
  2. Mandarin
    我挣扎着挤出地铁。
    我掙扎着擠出地鐵。
    wǒ zhēng zhá zhe jǐ chū dì tiě 。
    • I struggled to get out of the subway.
  3. Mandarin
    挣的越多钱，就花得越多钱。
    掙的越多錢，就花得越多錢。
    zhēng de yuè duō qián ， jiù huā dé yuè duō qián 。
    • The more you earn, the more you spend.
  4. Mandarin
    她每天挣30美元。
    她每天掙30美元。
    tā měi tiān zhēng 30 měi yuán 。
    • She earns 30 dollars per day.
  5. Mandarin
    他每个月挣多少？
    他每個月掙多少？
    tā měi gè yuè zhēng duō shǎo ？
    • How much money does he make a month?
    • How much does he earn in a month?
    • How much does he earn per month?
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    奥运会最重要嘅唔系赢，而系参与；就好似人生最重要嘅唔系胜利，而系过程中嘅挣扎。最重要嘅唔系克服困难，而系有好好咁奋斗过。
    奧運會最重要嘅唔係贏，而係參與；就好似人生最重要嘅唔係勝利，而係過程中嘅掙扎。最重要嘅唔係克服困難，而係有好好咁奮鬥過。
    ou3 wan6 wui2 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 jeng4 ， ji4 hai6 caam1 jyu6 ； zau6 hou2 ci5 jan4 sang1 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 sing1 lei6 ， ji4 hai6 gwo3 cing4 zung1 ge3 zang1 zaat3 。 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 hak1 fuk6 kwan3 naan4 ， ji4 hai6 jau5 hou2 hou2 gam3 fan5 dau3 gwo3 。
    • The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我已经挣扎咗好耐，但系而家已经到咗我嘅底线喇。
    我已經掙扎咗好耐，但係而家已經到咗我嘅底線喇。
    ngo5 ji5 ging1 zang1 zaat3 zo2 hou2 noi6, daan6 hai6 ji4 gaa1 ji5 ging1 dou3 zo2 ngo5 ge3 dai2 sin3 laa3.
    • I've struggled on for as long as I can, but now I'm at the end of the line.
  2. Cantonese
    垂死挣扎
    垂死掙扎
    seoi4 sei2 zang1 zaat3
    • to put up a last-ditch struggle
    • to make a last struggle
  3. Cantonese
    我内心挣扎咗一阵，终于决定同佢表白。
    我內心掙扎咗一陣，終於決定同佢表白。
    ngo5 noi6 sam1 zang1 zaat3 zo2 jat1 zan6, zung1 jyu1 kyut3 ding6 tung4 keoi5 biu2 baak6.
    • After thinking indecisively about it for a while, I finally decided to confess my feelings.
  4. Cantonese
    见到只狗咁辛苦，我哋都挣扎好唔好叫医生啪针，俾佢走得舒服啲。
    見到隻狗咁辛苦，我哋都掙扎好唔好叫醫生啪針，俾佢走得舒服啲。
    gin3 dou2 zek3 gau2 gam3 san1 fu2, ngo5 dei6 dou1 zang1 zaat3 hou2 m4 hou2 giu3 ji1 sang1 paak1 zam1, bei2 keoi5 zau2 dak1 syu1 fuk6 di1.
    • Seeing that the dog is in so much pain, we struggled whether to ask the doctor to give it a shot to allow it to pass away in peace.
  5. Cantonese
    挣扎
    掙扎
    zang1 zaat3
    • struggle
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    挣面子
    掙面子
    zhèng miàn zi
    • to earn "face" from others
  2. Mandarin
    你每个月挣多少钱？
    你每個月掙多少錢？
    nǐ měi ge yuè zhèng duō shao qián ？
    • How much do you make each month?
  3. Mandarin
    挣扎
    掙扎
    zhēng zhā
    • to struggle
  4. Mandarin
    挣断绳索
    掙斷繩索
    zhèng duàn shéng suǒ
    • to break oneself free from a rope
  5. Mandarin
    他躺着一动不动有半天的工夫，拼命挣脱昏迷的控制。
    他躺着一動不動有半天的工夫，拼命掙脱昏迷的控制。
    tā tǎng zhe yī dòng bù dòng yǒu bàn tiān de gōng fu ， pīn mìng zhèng tuō hūn mí de kòng zhì ．
    • For half a day he lay motionless, trying to fight off unconsciousness.