戰 (zin3 | zhan4) : war; fighting; battle; contend

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戰

zin3

zhan4

[1] war; warfare; fighting; battle [2] [v] contest; fight; contend [3] [v] shudder; shiver; tremble [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 戈 (#62)

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

戰 / 战

This word has been viewed 813 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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

大戰 daai6 zin3 da4 zhan4 = war

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

世界大戰 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 = world war

戰爭 zin3 zang1 zhan4 zheng1 = war

巷戰 hong6 zin3 xiang4 zhan4 = street fighting

戰勝 zin3 sing3 zhan4 sheng4 = defeat; vanquish; prevail; surmount
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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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