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挣

zhèng
HSK 3.0 · Level 5HSK 2.0 · Level 5Traditional: 掙

In Mandarin Chinese, 挣 (zhèng) means “to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to struggle to get free
  2. to strive to acquire
  3. to make (money)

Stroke order

Examples

  • 他努力工作挣钱养家。
    Tā nǔlì gōngzuò zhèng qián yǎng jiā.
    He works hard to make money to support his family.

Characters

挣
zhèng
to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire
Words with 挣
挣钱挣扎