# 争气 (zhēngqì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 争气 (zhēngqì) means “to strive to do well”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to strive to do well
- Pinyin: zhēngqì (zheng1 qi4)
- Traditional: 爭氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他很争气，没让家人失望。
  Tā hěn zhēngqì, méi ràng jiārén shīwàng.
  He worked hard to do well and didn't let his family down.

## Characters

- [争](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-strive/) (zhēng): to strive for; to argue
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-qi-strive-do-well/

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