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争端

zhēng duān

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

争端 (zhēng duān) means "dispute; controversy; conflict". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 争端 means

1. dispute
2. controversy
3. conflict

The characters in 争端

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper

Example sentences

• 在这个城市，白人和黑人间的争端愈演愈烈。
  Zài zhège chéngshì, báirén hé hēirén jiān de zhēngduān yù yǎn yù liè.
  The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.

Where 争端 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 duān correctly.
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