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挣

zhēng · zheng/zhèng · zheng

Traditional 掙

HSK 5

Meaning

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zhēng 掙

  1. used in 掙扎 / 挣扎 (zhēng zhá)

zhèng 掙

  1. to struggle to get free
  2. to strive to acquire
  3. to make (money)
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Earning with popsicles

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)周末(zhōumò)挣(zhèng)点(diǎn)钱(qián)。

    I want to earn some money on weekends.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)做(zuò)什么(shénme)工作(gōngzuò)？

    What job do you want to do?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)公园(gōngyuán)卖(mài)冰棍(bīnggùn)。

    I want to sell popsicles in the park.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)一天(yītiān)能(néng)挣(zhèng)多少(duōshao)？

    How much can you earn in a day?

  5. Liangliang

    三十(sānshí)块(kuài)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)自己(zìjǐ)吃掉(chīdiào)了(le)二十(èrshí)块(kuài)的(de)冰棍(bīnggùn)。

    Thirty yuan, but I ate twenty yuan worth of popsicles myself.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)挣(zhèng)了(le)十(shí)块(kuài)。

    So you earned ten yuan.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)打(dǎ)两(liǎng)份(fèn)工(gōng)，努(nǔ)力(lì)挣(zhèng)钱(qián)养(yǎng)家(jiā)。

She works two jobs every day, striving to earn money to support her family.

02

小(xiǎo)鸟(niǎo)被(bèi)绳(shéng)子(zi)缠(chán)住(zhù)，拼(pīn)命(mìng)挣(zhēng)扎(zhá)想(xiǎng)飞(fēi)走(zǒu)。

The little bird, tangled in the string, struggled desperately to fly away.

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