仗
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zhàng · 1to rely upon

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5Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 仗

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zhàngWords pronounced zhàng
zhangWords pronounced zhang
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Example sentences

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Hěn duō nián qīng rén qù le dǎ zhàng.很多年輕人去了打仗。

Many young men went to war.

Source: Tatoeba #346940 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Liǎng duì dǎ le chǎng yìng zhàng.两队打了场硬仗。

The two teams fought very hard.

Source: Tatoeba #336886 · CC BY 2.0 FR
È zhe dù zǐ shì méi fǎ dǎ zhàng de.饿着肚子是没法打仗的。

You can't fight on an empty stomach.

Source: Tatoeba #10275162 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén zài gēn rì běn dǎ zhàng.我們在跟日本打仗。

We're at war with Japan.

Source: Tatoeba #6624700 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fǎ guó rén zài huá tiě lú zhī yì chī le bài zhàng.法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。

The French were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

Source: Tatoeba #3322586 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bào zhù shī bài zhǔ yì de tài dù nǐ wú fǎ dǎ yì chǎng piàoliang de zhàng.抱著失敗主義的態度你無法打一場漂亮的仗。

You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.

Source: Tatoeba #727984 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 仗 in context

  1. Say zhàng, then recall the core meaning: 1to rely upon.
  2. Write all 5 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 打仗 (dǎ zhàng), meaning “to fight a battle”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 仗 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.