戰 (zin3 | zhan4) : war; fight; battle; shiver

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戰

zin3

zhan4

[1] [n] war; fighting; battle
[2] [v] fight; wage a war; contest
[3] [v] shiver; tremble; shudder

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 1

Radical: 戈 (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

戰 / 战

This word has been viewed 21860 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Jun 2015 04:03

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戰隊 zin3 deoi2 zhan4 dui4 = rangers, squad, military team, sentai (Japanese)

大戰 daai6 zin3 da4 zhan4 = large-scale war; major match

戰士 zin3 si6 zhan4 shi4 = soldier; warrior; fighter; trooper

戰鬥 zin3 dau3 zhan4 dou4 = fight; battle

屢敗屢戰 leoi5 baai6 leoi5 zin3 lv3 bai4 lv3 zhan4 = keep failing, keep trying

戰地 zin3 dei6 zhan4 di4 = battleground; battlefield; combat zone

戰績 zin3 zik1 zhan4 ji4 = military successes; combat gains

挑戰性 tiu1 zin3 sing3 tiao1 zhan4 xing4 = challenging

第一次世界大戰 dai6 jat1 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 = World War I; the First World War

第二次世界大戰 dai6 ji6 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 di4 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4 = World War II; the Second World War
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Showing all 3 examples containing 戰

佢向我挑戰粵
He's challenging me.
[Lit. He toward me challenge.]

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車粵
A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.

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Decimal representation of this word: 戰
Unicode code for this character: U+6230 (off-site link)

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