争
议

Controversy in Chinese: 争议 (zhēng yì)

zhēng yì

controversy

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 爭議1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1controversy
  2. 2dispute
  3. 3to dispute

Stroke order

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争
议

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ㄓㄥ

zhēng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

争议

Simplified

爭議

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个决定引起了很大的争议。

    zhè ge jué dìng yǐn qǐ le hěn dà de zhēng yì。

    This decision caused a lot of controversy.

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Related words

争

zhēng

to strive for

议

yì

to comment on

会议

huì yì

meeting

竞争

jìng zhēng

to compete

建议

jiàn yì

to propose

抗议

kàng yì

to protest

议论

yì lùn

to comment

战争

zhàn zhēng

war

争论

zhēng lùn

to argue

争取

zhēng qǔ

to fight for

协议

xié yì

agreement

斗争

dòu zhēng

a struggle

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