Usage of the character 掙
zhēng
挣
[掙]
- used in 掙扎／挣扎 (zhēngzhá)
zhèng
挣
[掙]
- to struggle to get free
- to strive to acquire
- to make (money)
zhēngzhá
挣扎
[掙扎]
- to struggle
zhèngqián
挣钱
[掙錢]
- to make money
zhèngdé
挣得
[掙得]
- to earn (income)
- to make (money)
zhèngtuō
挣脱
[掙脫]
- to throw off
- to struggle free of
- Taiwan pr. (zhēngtuō)
sāyìzheng
撒呓挣
[撒囈掙]
- (coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
chuísǐzhēngzhá
垂死挣扎
[垂死掙扎]
- deathbed struggle
- final struggle (idiom)