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征

zhēng

HSK 5 Character

What 征 means

1. journey
2. trip
3. expedition
4. to go on long campaign
5. to attack

Other readings

征 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhēngto invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes)

Example sentences

• 旗是国家象征。
  Qí shì guójiā xiàngzhēng.
  A flag is a national symbol.
• 他被数字征服了。
  Tā bèi shùzì zhēngfú le.
  He was overcome by numbers.
• 旗帜是国家象征。
  A flag is a national symbol.
• 乌云是下雨的征兆。
  Wūyún shì xiàyǔ de zhēngzhào.
  Dark clouds are a sign of rain.
• 你应该向他征求意见。
  You ought to ask him for advice.
• 我来，我见，我征服。
  I came, I saw, I conquered.

Words starting with 征

• 征求zhēng qiúto solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc)
• 征服zhēng fúto conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
• 征收zhēng shōuto levy (a tax); to expropriate
• 征文zhēng wénto solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature…
• 征集zhēng jíto collect; to recruit
• 征稿zhēng gǎoto solicit contributions (to a publication)
• 征婚zhēng hūnto look for a partner
• 征得zhēng déto obtain (permission etc)
• 征兆zhēng zhàoomen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
• 征税zhēng shuìto levy taxes
• 征战zhēng zhàncampaign; expedition
• 征地zhēng dìto requisition land
• 征用zhēng yòngto expropriate; to commandeer
• 征程zhēng chéngjourney; expedition; voyage
• 征途zhēng túlong journey; trek; course of an expedition
• 征询zhēng xúnto consult; to solicit the opinion of
• 征兵zhēng bīngto levy troops; recruitment
• 征服者zhēng fú zhěconqueror
• 征人zhēng réntraveler (on a long journey); participant in an expedition; garrison soldier
• 征夫zhēng fūtraveler; soldier on expedition; soldier taking part in battle
• 征衣zhēng yītraveler's clothing; military uniform
• 征讨zhēng tǎoto go on a punitive expedition
• 征马zhēng mǎhorse capable of long expedition; army horse
• 征信zhēng xìnto examine the reliability; reliable; credit reporting

Words containing 征

• 特征tè zhēngcharacteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature
• 象征xiàng zhēngsymbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
• 长征cháng zhēngexpedition; long journey
• 象征性xiàng zhēng xìngsymbolic; emblem; token
• 出征chū zhēngto go into battle; to campaign (military)
• 应征yìng zhēngto apply (for a job); to reply to a job advertisement
• 远征yuǎn zhēngan expedition, esp. military; march to remote regions
• 东征dōng zhēngpunitive expedition to the east
• 开征kāi zhēngto start collecting taxes
• 综合征zōng hé zhēngsyndrome
• 西征xī zhēngpunitive expedition to the west
• 表征biǎo zhēngsymbol; indicator; representation
• 远征军yuǎn zhēng jūnexpeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
• 力征lì zhēngby force; to conquer by force of arms; power
• 加征jiā zhēngto levy an additional (tax or tariff)
• 北征běi zhēngpunitive expedition to the north
• 南征nán zhēngpunitive expedition to the south
• 引征yǐn zhēngquotation; citing; to cite
• 强征qiǎng zhēngto press into service; to impress; to commandeer
• 性征xìng zhēngsexual characteristic
• 指征zhǐ zhēng(medicine) indicator; indication
• 病征bìng zhēngsymptom (of a disease)
• 亲征qīn zhēngto take to the field oneself (of emperor); to take part in person in an expedition
• 课征kè zhēngto levy (a tax)

Characters built on 正

These share the phonetic component 正 (zhèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 怔zhēng(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 钲zhēnggong used to halt troops

Characters that look like 征

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 狱yùprison
• 狂kuángmad; wild; violent
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘