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争气

zhēng qì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 爭氣

争气 (zhēng qì) means "to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 争气 means

1. to work hard for sth
2. to resolve on improvement
3. determined not to fall short

The characters in 争气

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Words containing 争气

• 不争气bù zhēng qìto be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations

Sounds the same

Read zhēng qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蒸汽steam
• 蒸气vapor; steam

Where 争气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèng–zhēng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēng qì correctly.
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