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诤

zhèng

Character Traditional 諍

What 诤 means

1. to admonish
2. to warn sb of their errors
3. to criticize frankly
4. Taiwan pr. zhēng

Words starting with 诤

• 诤人zhèng réndwarf in legends
• 诤友zhèng yǒua friend capable of direct admonition
• 诤臣zhèng chénofficial who dares speak frankly before the emperor
• 诤言zhèng yánto reprove; forthright admonition
• 诤讼zhèng sòngto contest a lawsuit
• 诤谏zhèng jiànto criticize frankly; to admonish

Words containing 诤

• 谏诤jiàn zhèngsee 诤谏

Characters built on 争

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

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong
• 峥zhēngused in 峥嵘

Sounds the same

Read zhèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 正straight; upright; proper
• 证to admonish; variant of 证
• 政political; politics; government
• 挣to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 症disease; illness
• 郑used in 郑重
• 怔(dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze; Taiwan pr. lèng
• 铮(dialect; bound form) shiny; gleaming; Taiwan pr. zhēng