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争取

zhēng qǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 爭取

争取 (zhēng qǔ) means "to strive for, fight for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 争取 means

1. to fight for
2. to strive for
3. to win over

The characters in 争取

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose

Example sentences

• 今天晚上我先用一下，争取明天还给你。
  Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ xiān yòng yīxià, zhēngqǔ míngtiān huángěi nǐ.
  I'll use it a bit this evening, and try my best to give it back to you tomorrow.
• 他去了那里帮助清洁工人和平地争取更高的薪金和更好的工作环境。
  Tā qù le nàli bāngzhù qīngjiégōng rén hépíng de zhēngqǔ gèng gāo de xīnjīn hé gèng hǎo de gōngzuò huánjìng.
  He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.

Words starting with 争取

• 争取时效zhēng qǔ shí xiàoto strive to get sth done while the timing is right
• 争取时间zhēng qǔ shí jiānto act with urgency; to buy time

Where 争取 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Facing Challenges & Confrontation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēng qǔ correctly.
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