| 1 | 争取 | 爭取 | zhēng qǔ | zheng1 qu3 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | | |
| 2 | 争 | 爭 | zhēng | zheng1 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | | |
| 3 | 争论 | 爭論 | zhēng lùn | zheng1 lun4 | to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 4 | 争夺 | 爭奪 | zhēng duó | zheng1 duo2 | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | | |
| 5 | 争吵 | 爭吵 | zhēng chǎo | zheng1 chao3 | to quarrel; dispute | | |
| 6 | 争议 | 爭議 | zhēng yì | zheng1 yi4 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | | |
| 7 | 争执 | 爭執 | zhēng zhí | zheng1 zhi2 | to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle | | |
| 8 | 争得 | 爭得 | zhēng dé | zheng1 de2 | to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth | | |
| 9 | 争辩 | 爭辯 | zhēng biàn | zheng1 bian4 | a dispute; to wrangle | | |
| 10 | 争气 | 爭氣 | zhēng qì | zheng1 qi4 | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short | | |
| 11 | 争先恐后 | 爭先恐後 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4 | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another | | |
| 12 | 争抢 | 爭搶 | zhēng qiǎng | zheng1 qiang3 | to fight over; to scramble for | | |
| 13 | 争鸣 | 爭鳴 | zhēng míng | zheng1 ming2 | to contend | | |
| 14 | 争强好胜 | 爭強好勝 | zhēng qiáng hào shèng | zheng1 qiang2 hao4 sheng4 | competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others | | |
| 15 | 争球线 | 爭球線 | zhēng qiú xiàn | zheng1 qiu2 xian4 | scrimmage line (American football) | | |
| 16 | 争名夺利 | 爭名奪利 | zhēng míng duó lì | zheng1 ming2 duo2 li4 | to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain | | |
| 17 | 争执不下 | 爭執不下 | zhēng zhí bù xià | zheng1 zhi2 bu4 xia4 | to quarrel endlessly | | |
| 18 | 争取时间 | 爭取時間 | zhēng qǔ shí jiān | zheng1 qu3 shi2 jian1 | to act with urgency; to buy time | | |
| 19 | 争权夺利 | 爭權奪利 | zhēng quán duó lì | zheng1 quan2 duo2 li4 | scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle | | |
| 20 | 争相罗致 | 爭相羅致 | zhēng xiāng luó zhì | zheng1 xiang1 luo2 zhi4 | to compete for the service of (a capable person) (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 争战 | 爭戰 | zhēng zhàn | zheng1 zhan4 | fight | | |
| 22 | 争议性 | 爭議性 | zhēng yì xìng | zheng1 yi4 xing4 | controversial | | |
| 23 | 争妍斗艳 | 爭妍鬥艷 | zhēng yán dòu yàn | zheng1 yan2 dou4 yan4 | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor | | |
| 24 | 争雄 | 爭雄 | zhēng xióng | zheng1 xiong2 | to contend for supremacy | | |
| 25 | 争先 | 爭先 | zhēng xiān | zheng1 xian1 | to compete to be first; to contest first place | | |