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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 争气

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
争气 zhēng qì - to work hard for sth
- to resolve on improvement
- determined not to fall short

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 21,881 14,836 7,426

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
争 zhēng- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
气 qì- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi

Other Words Containing 争气

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
争气 6 9 21,881 14,836 7,426