争取 zhēngqǔ▶ esforzarse por

Stroke order

争取 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 争 — 6 strokes
• 取 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to fight for
2. to strive for
3. to win over

Related words

• 争论debate
• 取消cancelar
• 吸取Dibujar
• 录取matricularse
• 战争Guerra
• 采取tomar, adoptar

争取 is pronounced zhēngqǔ and means “esforzarse por”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 争取 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.