掙扎

See also: 挣扎 and 掙紮

Chinese

		to earn; to make (money); struggle	to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold) to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold); struggle; to tie; to bind
trad. (掙扎/掙紮)		掙	扎/紮
simp. (挣扎)		挣	扎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngzhá

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ zaat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chat / chng-chat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngzhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengjhá
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-cha²
    • Yale: jēng-já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjar
    • Palladius: чжэнчжа (čžɛnčža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ zaat³
    • Yale: jāng jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengzad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngzad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ t͡sat̚⁵/

Verb

掙扎

1. to struggle; to strive

Synonyms

• (literary) 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài)

Adjective

掙扎

1. involving a struggle; difficult; challenging

Noun

掙扎

1. struggle

   畀啲掙扎／畀啲挣扎 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² di¹ zang¹ zaat³ [Jyutping]  ―  give it a little struggle