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  zoeng3 zoeng6   jyutping
  zhang4   pinyin
(for zoeng3) [1] battle; war; fight
(for zoeng6) [2] weapons; weaponry [3] hold (a weapon) [4] rely on; depend on; on the basis of [5] uphold; take up; stand up in defense


Stroke count: 5
Level: 3
Radical: (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 11th Dec 2008

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detail  daa2 zoeng3  da3 zhang4 = to fight; to go to war; to battle; to wage war
detail  daa2 baai6 zoeng3   = to suffer a defeat; to lose a fight; to fall ill
detail  paau3 zoeng6*2   = firecrackers
detail  zan6 zoeng6   = a battle combat
detail  daai6 zan6 zoeng6   = combat
detail  paau3 zoeng6*2 geng2   = [adj] having an anxious or irritable temperament (lit., "firecracker neck")
detail  paau3 zoeng6*2 faa1   = [n] firecracker vine (Pyrostegia venusta)
detail  daa2 zoeng3 zai2   = children playing mock combat
detail  zoeng3 ci5  zhang4 shi4 = rely on (an advantage)
detail  ji1 zoeng3  yi1 zhang4 = count on, rely on
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