| zhēng | struggle/fight |
| 争 | to strive for to vie for to argue or debate |
| 争上游 | To strive to be a pace-setter. |
| 争先 | to compete to be first to contest first place |
| 争先恐后 | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
| 争光 | to win an honor to strive to win a prize |
| 争分夺秒 | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time making every second count |
| 争取 | to fight for to strive for to win over |
| 争叫 | to overcall (when playing cards) |
| 争名夺利 | to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth only interested in personal gain |
| 争吵 | dispute strife |
| 争嘴 | quarrel; squabble; try to get sth. to eat |
| 争夺 | fight over contest vie over |
| 争夺战 | struggle |
| 争奇斗艳 | vie with each other for glamour |
| 争妍斗艳 | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) vying in beauty and glamor |
| 争宠 | to strive for favor |
| 争强 | compete; contend |
| 争强好胜 | seek to prevail over others; desire to excel over others; seek to do others down |
| 争得 | to obtain by an effort to strive to get sth |
| 争战 | fight |