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战

zhàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 戰

What 战 means

1. to fight
2. fight
3. war
4. battle

Example sentences

• 西线无战事
  "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• 他死于战争。
  He was killed in the war.
• 谁喜欢战争?
  Who likes war?
• 我反对战争。
  I'm against the war.
• 这是战争罪。
  This is a war crime.
• 普丁是战犯。
  Putin is a war criminal.

Words starting with 战

• 战争zhàn zhēngwar; conflict
• 战略zhàn lüèstrategy
• 战斗zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat; struggle
• 战术zhàn shùtactics
• 战役zhàn yìmilitary campaign
• 战士zhàn shìfighter; soldier; warrior
• 战场zhàn chǎngbattlefield
• 战胜zhàn shèngto prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
• 战友zhàn yǒucomrade-in-arms; battle companion
• 战后zhàn hòuafter the war; postwar
• 战国Zhàn guóthe Warring States period (475-221 BC)
• 战线zhàn xiànbattle line; battlefront; front
• 战报zhàn bàobattle report; (sports) match summary
• 战斗机zhàn dòu jīfighter (aircraft)
• 战俘zhàn fúprisoner of war
• 战火zhàn huǒthe flames of war; the ravages of war
• 战时zhàn shíwartime
• 战乱zhàn luànchaos of war
• 战战兢兢zhàn zhàn jīng jīngtrembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
• 战机zhàn jīopportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret
• 战斗力zhàn dòu lìfighting strength
• 战事zhàn shìwar; hostilities; fighting
• 战绩zhàn jìmilitary achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field…
• 战舰zhàn jiànbattleship; warship

Words containing 战

• 挑战tiǎo zhànto challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
• 作战zuò zhàncombat; to fight
• 抗战kàng zhànwar of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
• 大战dà zhànwar; to wage war
• 二战Èr zhànWorld War II
• 世界大战shì jiè dà zhànworld war
• 抗日战争Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
• 冷战lěng zhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms
• 实战shí zhànreal combat; actual combat
• 内战nèi zhàncivil war
• 备战bèi zhànprepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering
• 决战jué zhàndecisive battle; to fight a decisive battle; to fight for supremacy in ...
• 开战kāi zhànto start a war; to make war; to battle against
• 奋战fèn zhànto fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
• 参战cān zhànto go to war; to engage in war
• 交战jiāo zhànto fight; to wage war
• 征战zhēng zhàncampaign; expedition
• 解放战争Jiě fàng Zhàn zhēngWar of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛泽东 took…
• 价格战jià gé zhànprice war
• 激战jī zhànto fight fiercely; fierce battle
• 越战Yuè zhànVietnam War (1955-1975)
• 混战hùn zhànchaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting
• 鸦片战争Yā piàn Zhàn zhēngthe Opium War (1839–1842); the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860)
• 宣战xuān zhànto declare war

Characters built on 占

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 毡zhānfelt (fabric)
• 苫shānstraw mat; thatch
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

Characters that look like 战

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

• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
• 娥égood; beautiful

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 站station; to stand; to halt
• 占to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 湛deep; clear (water)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 绽to burst open; to split at the seam
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance
• 襢unadorned but elegant dress