争夺 zhēngduó to fight for, contend for

Traditional: 爭奪

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 争夺 is in band 6. HSK 6 explained

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Here's the word for to fight for, or to contend for.

中争夺。

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Stroke order

争夺 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

争夺 — the Chinese character for to fight for, contend for (zhēngduó), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 争夺 — to fight for, contend for

争 — 6 strokes
夺 — 6 strokes

Senses

to fight over
to contest
to vie over

Characters in 争夺

争 zhēng — to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
夺 duó — to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 争夺 lives

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争夺 is pronounced zhēngduó and means “to fight for, contend for”.