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What 挣 means

zhēng

used in 掙扎

zhèng

to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

Ideographic: To fight 争 by hand 扌; 争 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 扌 + 争

Words with 挣

• 挣扎zhēng zháto struggle
• 挣钱zhèng qiánto make money
• 挣脱zhèng tuōto throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
• 挣得zhèng déto earn (income); to make (money)
• 垂死挣扎chuí sǐ zhēng zhádeathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
• 撒呓挣sā yì zheng(coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
• 挣揣zhèng chuàisee 挣扎

挣 in a sentence

• 挣钱是他的宗教。

  zhèng qián shì tā de zōng jiào 。

  Making money is his religion.

• 我挣扎着挤出地铁。

  wǒ zhēng zhá zhe jǐ chū dì tiě 。

  I struggled to get out of the subway.

• 我一天挣一百欧元。

  wǒ yì tiān zhèng yì bǎi ōu yuán 。

  I make €100 a day.

• 挣的越多钱，就花得越多钱。

  zhèng de yuè duō qián ， jiù huā dé yuè duō qián 。

  The more you earn, the more you spend.

• 我想挣点钱，所以我一周打三天小时工。

  wǒ xiǎng zhèng diǎn qián ， suǒ yǐ wǒ yì zhōu dǎ sān tiān xiǎo shí gōng 。

  I wanted to earn some money, so I worked part time three days a week.

Characters that sound like 挣

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