掙扎

See also: 挣扎 and 掙紮

Chinese

		to earn; to make (money); struggle	to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold) to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold); struggle; to tie; to bind
trad. (掙扎/掙紮)		掙	扎/紮
simp. (挣扎)		挣	扎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngzhá

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄓㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ zaat³
Min Nan (POJ): chng-chat / cheng-chat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēngzhá
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄓㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjar
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂa̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zang¹ zaat³
  - Yale: jāng jaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ dzaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ zad³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɑːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-chat
  - Tâi-lô: tsng-tsat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngzad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ t͡sat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chat
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sat̚³²/

Verb

掙扎

to struggle

Adjective

掙扎

involving a struggle; difficult; challenging

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