争取 zhēngqǔ in a sentence
Fight for (compete for - struggle - strive for)
争取 (zhēngqǔ) means Fight for (compete for - struggle - strive for). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们要 争取 更多时间。
Wǒmen yào zhēngqǔ gèng duō shíjiān.
We should try to win more time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 争取
他 争取 到了这个机会。
Tā zhēngqǔ dào le zhège jīhuì.
He fought for and won this opportunity.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 争取
与其被动等待，不如主动 争取 。
Yǔqí bèidòng děngdài, bùrú zhǔdòng zhēngqǔ.
Rather than waiting passively, it is better to go after it yourself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 被动
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Questions about 争取
How is 争取 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 争取 (zhēngqǔ, "Fight for (compete for - struggle - strive for)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 争取 an HSK word?
Yes — 争取 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 争取 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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