(zhàn) — (bound morpheme) war; battle; fight; struggle

Definition

Bound morpheme meaning 'war / battle / fight', used only in compounds like 战争, 战场, 战斗. It is not a stand-alone word in modern Chinese.

bound form
(bound morpheme) warbattlefightstruggle

Examples

  • Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng chí xù le shí nián.
    This war lasted ten years.
  • Shì bīng men zài zhàn chǎng shàng fēi cháng yǒng gǎn.
    The soldiers were very brave on the battlefield.
  • Wǒ men yào jiān chí zhàn dòu dào dǐ.
    We must persist in fighting to the end.

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