Usage of the character 徵

to invite
to recruit
to levy (taxes)
to draft (troops)
phenomenon
symptom
characteristic sign (used as proof)
evidence

zhǐ

徵

[徵]

4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音 (wuyǐn), corresponding to sol

zhēngshuì

征税

[徵稅]

to levy taxes

zhēngzhào

征召

[徵召]

to enlist
to draft
to conscript
to appoint to an official position

zhēngshì

征士

[徵士]

soldier (in battle)

zhēngxuǎn

征选

[徵選]

to call for entries and select the best
to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)
to select (the best candidate)
contest
competition

zhēngdiào

征调

[徵調]

to conscript
to second (personnel)
to requisition (supplies etc)

zhēnghòu

征候

[徵候]

sign; indication; symptom

qiǎngzhēng

强征

[強徵]

to press into service
to impress
to commandeer

zhēngcái

征才

[徵才]

to recruit

Wèi Zhēng

魏征

[魏徵]

Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書／隋书

zhēngmù

征募

[徵募]

to conscript

zhēngyǒu

征友

[徵友]

to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc

zhēngpìn

征聘

[徵聘]

to invite job applications
to recruit

zhēngshí

征实

[徵實]

levies in kind
grain tax

xiàngzhēng

象征

[象徵]

emblem
symbol
token
badge
to symbolize
to signify
to stand for

xìngzhēng

性征

[性徵]

sexual characteristic

zhēngxìn

征信

[徵信]

to examine the reliability
reliable
credit reporting

biǎozhēng

表征

[表徵]

symbol; indicator; representation

zhēnggǎo

征稿

[徵稿]

to solicit contributions (to a publication)

zhēngqiú

征求

[徵求]

to solicit
to seek
to request (opinions, feedback etc)
to petition

zhēngjí

征集

[徵集]

to collect
to recruit

tǐzhēng

体征

[體徵]

(medical) sign
physical sign

huǎnzhēng

缓征

[緩徵]

to suspend taxes momentarily
to postpone military draft

zhēngfā

征发

[徵發]

a punitive expedition
a requisition

zhēngzhuàng

征状

[徵狀]

symptom

yǐnzhēng

引征

[引徵]

quotation
citing
to cite
to reference

zhēnghūn

征婚

[徵婚]

to look for a partner

zhǐzhēng

指征

[指徵]

(medicine) indicator
indication

tèzhēng

特征

[特徵]

characteristic
diagnostic property
distinctive feature
trait

zhēngzhuàn

征传

[徵傳]

narrative of long journey
campaign record

zhēngxún

征询

[徵詢]

to consult; to solicit the opinion of

bìngzhēng

病征

[病徵]

symptom (of a disease)

zhēngzhào

征兆

[徵兆]

omen
sign (that sth is about to happen)
warning sign

zhēngbīng

征兵

[徵兵]

to levy troops
recruitment

yìngzhēng

应征

[應徵]

to apply (for a job)
to reply to a job advertisement

zhēngwén

征文

[徵文]

to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)

zhēngxiàng

征象

[徵象]

sign
symptom

kāizhēng

开征

[開徵]

to start collecting taxes

zhēngshōu

征收

[徵收]

to levy (a tax)
to expropriate

Wén Zhēngmíng

文征明

[文徵明]

Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

zhēngxìnshè

征信社

[徵信社]

(Tw) private investigator; credit bureau

zōnghézhēng

综合征

[綜合徵]

syndrome

qǐzhēngdiǎn

起征点

[起徵點]

tax threshold

běnzhēngzhí

本征值

[本徵值]

eigenvalue (math.)
also written 特徵值／特征值

Lù Zhēngxiáng

陆征祥

[陸徵祥]

Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk

xiàngzhēngxìng

象征性

[象徵性]

symbolic
emblem
token

tèzhēngzhí

特征值

[特徵值]

eigenvalue (math.)

tèzhēngxiàngliàng

特征向量

[特徵向量]

eigenvector (math.)

shēngmìngtǐzhēng

生命体征

[生命體徵]

vital signs

xiàngzhēngzhǔyì

象征主义

[象徵主義]

symbolism

fánzhēngbóyǐn

繁征博引

[繁徵博引]

an elaborate string of references
many quotations

hángōngjǔzhǐ

含宫咀徵

[含宮咀徵]

(idiom) permeated with beautiful music

biànzhǐzhīshēng

变徵之声

[變徵之聲]

modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale

běnzhēngxiàngliàng

本征向量

[本徵向量]

eigenvector (math.)
also written 特徵向量／特征向量

wúzhēngbùxìn

无征不信

[無徵不信]

without proof one can't believe it (idiom)

tèzhēngliánhé

特征联合

[特徵聯合]

characteristic binding

hánshāngjǔzhǐ

含商咀徵

[含商咀徵]

(idiom) permeated with beautiful music

zhēngmíngzéshí

征名责实

[徵名責實]

to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom); to judge sth at face value

shēngmìngzhēngxiàng

生命征象

[生命徵象]

see 生命體徵／生命体征 (shēngmìngtǐzhēng)

línchuángtèzhēng

临床特征

[臨床特徵]

clinical characteristic
diagnostic trait

Bù Jiāzōnghézhēng

布加综合征

[布加綜合徵]

Budd-Chiari syndrome

gōngshāngjuézhǐyǔ

宫商角徵羽

[宮商角徵羽]

pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

chángyìjīzōnghézhēng

肠易激综合征

[腸易激綜合徵]

irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Zhōngdōnghūxīzōnghézhèng

中东呼吸综合征

[中東呼吸綜合徵]

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

gǔsuǐzēngshēngyìchángzōnghézhēng

骨髓增生异常综合征

[骨髓增生異常綜合徵]

myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

fārèbànxuèxiǎobǎnjiǎnshǎozōnghézhēng

发热伴血小板减少综合征

[發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵]

severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)