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  • 1

    v.wage a war (against/on); engage in war; war; battle

    • hé zhàn

      nuclear war

    • tā men yù zhàn yù yǒng

      他们

      The more involved they were in the battle, the more valiantly they fought.

    • xuān zhàn

      declare a war

  • 2

    metafight; challenge

    • xuān chuán zhàn

      宣传

      propaganda war

    • shāng zhàn

      commercial/trade war

    • jià gé zhàn

      价格

      price war

  • 3

    v.tremble; shake; shiver

    • zhàn lì

      战栗

      tremble

    • hán zhàn

      shiver with cold or fear

    • lěng dé zhí dǎ zhàn

      打战

      shiver/shake/quiver/tremble with cold

Words and phrases with 战

Word usage

  • Note
    "战" is different from "颤(chàn)". "战" is mostly used when the human body trembles or twitches involuntarily due to cold or mental fright, such as "战栗" and "打冷战(zhan)"; "颤(chàn)" is mostly used for objects shaking and vibration, and also used for the human body trembles, such as "颤动" and "颤抖".

Similar-form characters to 战

Chinese Characters with pinyin zhàn