Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/战(戰)-zhàn-battle,-war

战(戰) zhàn battle, war - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 戈 gē “spear.” Phonetic of the simplified character is 占 zhàn “occupy” while the phonetic of the traditional character is 單 dān “single”. Distinguish simplified 战 from simplified 占, and traditional 戰 from traditional 單.

Examples

• 战国时代 (戰國時代) Zhànguó Shídài Warring States Period [TW]
• 第一次世界大战 (第一次世界大戰) Dì'yīcì Shìjiè Dàzhàn World War I [TW]
• 第二次世界大战 (第二次世界大戰) Dì'èrcì Shìjiè Dàzhàn World War II [TW]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons

• 情 qíng sentiment; situation, condition
• 味 wèi taste; smell; flavour
• Farm
• 思 sī think
• 利 lì sharp (e.g., a knife); benefit
• 留 liú keep; leave behind
• 抽 chōu take out, draw out
• 志 zhì aspiration; ideal
• 建 jiàn establish, build
• 席 xí feast, banquet
• Weather
• 易 yì change; easy
• 另 lìng in addition; another
• 破 pò break, tear, split
• 华(華) huá China, Huà Hua (as a surname)