Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 争夺
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to compete; competition
争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
争取zhēngqǔto fight for; to strive for; to win over
斗争dòuzhēnga struggle; fight; battle
夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
夺取duóqǔto seize; to capture; to wrest control of