# 挣扎 (zhēngzhá)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挣扎 (zhēngzhá) means “to struggle”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to struggle
- Pinyin: zhēngzhá (zheng1 zha2)
- Traditional: 掙扎
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那只小鸟在网里拼命挣扎。
  Nà zhī xiǎoniǎo zài wǎng lǐ pīnmìng zhēngzhá.
  That little bird struggled desperately in the net.

## Characters

- [挣](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-struggle-get-free/) (zhèng): to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire
- [扎](https://hanziro.com/word/zha-prick/) (zhā): to prick; to stick into

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-zha-struggle/

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