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zhēng
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. journey
  2. 2. trip
  3. 3. expedition
  4. 4. to go on long campaign
  5. 5. to attack
  6. 6. to invite
  7. 7. to recruit
  8. 8. to levy (taxes)
  9. 9. to draft (troops)
  10. 10. phenomenon
  11. 11. symptom
  12. 12. characteristic sign (used as proof)
  13. 13. evidence

Words Containing 征

征选
zhēng xuǎn

to call for entries and select the best

无征不信
wú zhēng bù xìn

without proof one can't believe it (idiom)

税捐稽征处
shuì juān jī zhēng chù

Taipei Revenue Service (tax office)

征婚
zhēng hūn

to look for a partner

生命体征
shēng mìng tǐ zhēng

vital signs

远征军
yuǎn zhēng jūn

expeditionary force

征候
zhēng hòu

sign; indication; symptom

南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

征求
zhēng qiú

to solicit

综合征
zōng hé zhēng

syndrome

陆征祥
lù zhēng xiáng

Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk

征马
zhēng mǎ

horse capable of long expedition

征询
zhēng xún

to consult

秋征
qiū zhēng

autumn levy (tax on harvest)

特征值
tè zhēng zhí

eigenvalue (math.)

北征
běi zhēng

punitive expedition to the north

征人
zhēng rén

traveler (on a long journey)

诺曼征服
nuò màn zhēng fú

the Norman conquest of England (1066)

遄征
chuán zhēng

to hurry forward on an expedition

东征
dōng zhēng

punitive expedition to the east

力征
lì zhēng

by force

征实
zhēng shí

levies in kind

性征
xìng zhēng

sexual characteristic

孤征
gū zhēng

to act on one's own

临床特征
lín chuáng tè zhēng

clinical characteristic

征衣
zhēng yī

traveler's clothing

征讨
zhēng tǎo

to go on a punitive expedition

特征向量
tè zhēng xiàng liàng

eigenvector (math.)

生命征象
shēng mìng zhēng xiàng

see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]

肠易激综合征
cháng yì jī zōng hé zhēng

irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

十字军远征
shí zì jūn yuǎn zhēng

the Crusades

远征
yuǎn zhēng

an expedition, esp. military

布加综合征
bù jiā zōng hé zhēng

Budd-Chiari syndrome

征夫
zhēng fū

traveler

本征值
běn zhēng zhí

eigenvalue (math.)

征友
zhēng yǒu

to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc

仪征市
yí zhēng shì

Yizheng, county-level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[yáng zhōu], Jiangsu

征状
zhēng zhuàng

symptom

征聘
zhēng pìn

to invite job applications

横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

征收
zhēng shōu

to levy (a tax)

征尘
zhēng chén

the dust of a long journey

亲征
qīn zhēng

to take to the field oneself (of emperor)

文征明
wén zhēng míng

Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

征象
zhēng xiàng

sign

征名责实
zhēng míng zé shí

to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom); to judge sth at face value

特征
tè zhēng

characteristic

征稿
zhēng gǎo

to solicit contributions (to a publication)

征服者
zhēng fú zhě

conqueror

征战
zhēng zhàn

campaign; expedition

西征
xī zhēng

punitive expedition to the west

本征向量
běn zhēng xiàng liàng

eigenvector (math.)

征兆
zhēng zhào

omen

征发
zhēng fā

a punitive expedition

征集
zhēng jí

to collect

骨髓增生异常综合征
gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng

myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

专征
zhuān zhēng

to go on a personal punitive expedition

征传
zhēng zhuàn

narrative of long journey

宵征
xiāo zhēng

night journey

仪征
yí zhēng

Yizheng, county-level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[yáng zhōu], Jiangsu

征驾
zhēng jià

horses and wagons for an expedition

象征主义
xiàng zhēng zhǔ yì

symbolism

征税
zhēng shuì

to levy taxes

强征
qiǎng zhēng

to press into service

魏征
wèi zhēng

Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书

征服
zhēng fú

to conquer

征剿
zhēng jiǎo

to mount a punitive expedition against bandits

繁征博引
fán zhēng bó yǐn

an elaborate string of references

征旆
zhēng pèi

pennant used on expedition

东征西怨
dōng zhēng xī yuàn

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

出征
chū zhēng

to go into battle

谏征
jiàn zhēng

to send or go on a punitive expedition

征衫
zhēng shān

traveler's clothing

引征
yǐn zhēng

quotation

长征
cháng zhēng

Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)

发热伴血小板减少综合征
fā rè bàn xuè xiǎo bǎn jiǎn shǎo zōng hé zhēng

severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)

征途
zhēng tú

long journey

开征
kāi zhēng

to start collecting taxes

征得
zhēng dé

to obtain (permission etc)

征程
zhēng chéng

journey

征彸
zhēng zhōng

scared

缓征
huǎn zhēng

to suspend taxes momentarily

征帆
zhēng fān

expedition ship

征文
zhēng wén

to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)

征地
zhēng dì

to requisition land

征才
zhēng cái

to recruit

卜征
bǔ zhēng

to ask oracle for war forecast

御驾亲征
yù jià qīn zhēng

the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom)

特征联合
tè zhēng lián hé

characteristic binding

征兵
zhēng bīng

to levy troops

东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

有征无战
yǒu zhēng wú zhàn

to win without a fight (idiom)

象征性
xiàng zhēng xìng

symbolic

征募
zhēng mù

to conscript

飞征
fēi zhēng

birds and beasts

征伐
zhēng fá

to go on or send a punitive expedition

应征
yìng zhēng

to apply (for a job)

征敛
zhēng liǎn

to extort taxes

表征
biǎo zhēng

symbol; indicator; representation

中东呼吸综合征
zhōng dōng hū xī zōng hé zhèng

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

征戍
zhēng shù

garrison

南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

征敛无度
zhēng liǎn wú dù

to extort taxes excessively

十字军东征
shí zì jūn dōng zhēng

the Crusades

病征
bìng zhēng

symptom (of a disease)

征信
zhēng xìn

to examine the reliability

象征
xiàng zhēng

emblem

征调
zhēng diào

to conscript

征召
zhēng zhào

to enlist

指征
zhǐ zhēng

(medicine) indicator

征用
zhēng yòng

to expropriate

关征
guān zhēng

customs levy

体征
tǐ zhēng

(medical) sign

南征
nán zhēng

punitive expedition to the south

东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters