仗 (zhàng): weaponry, to hold (a weapon), to wield
仗 (zhàng) is a Chinese character meaning “weaponry.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 丈 (phonetic). It ranks #1696 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仗 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- weaponry
- to hold (a weapon)
- to wield
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 仗
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胜仗 | shèng zhàng | victory |
| 硬仗 | yìng zhàng | tough battle |
| 仰仗 | yǎng zhàng | to rely on |
| 仗义 | zhàng yì | to uphold justice |
| 仗势欺人 | zhàng shì qī rén | to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) |
| 打雪仗 | dǎ xuě zhàng | to have a snowball fight |
| 仪仗队 | yí zhàng duì | honor guard |
| 败仗 | bài zhàng | lost battle |
| 依仗 | yī zhàng | to count on |
| 仗义执言 | zhàng yì zhí yán | to speak out for justice (idiom) |
| 对仗 | duì zhàng | antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) |
| 狗仗人势 | gǒu zhàng rén shì | a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom) |
| 炮仗 | pào zhang | firecracker |
| 仪仗 | yí zhàng | ceremonial weaponry |
| 倚仗 | yǐ zhàng | to lean on |
仗 appears in 35 compound words: 23 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 仗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
to be chivalrous; to have a sense of justice and be willing to help others
to be generous in aiding the needy; to give money for a righteous cause
Example Sentences
她仗长得很美，心地也很善良。
tā zhàng cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She was blessed with great beauty and a kind heart.
匡公:翠红接令打硬仗
匡 gōng : cuì hóng jiē lìng dǎ yìng zhàng
Kuang Gong: Cui Hong Takes the Reins for a Tough Battle
【二重彩过关】西门独:川河石驹试准打硬仗
èr chóng cǎi guò guān xī mén dú : chuān hé shí 驹 shì zhǔn dǎ yìng zhàng
[Double-Chance Parlay] Ximen Solo: Chuanhe Shiju is Ready to Take on a Tough Challenge
【战况R5】在港第3仗开斋!呢只巨富拍卖会自己买!
zhàn kuàng R 5 zài gǎng dì 3 zhàng kāi 斋 ! ne zhī jù fù pāi mài huì zì jǐ mǎi !
【Battle R5】The third battle in Hong Kong is breaking the fast! This huge wealth will be auctioned off and bought by yourself!
欧联16强抽签|英超6队硬仗连场 曼城再遇皇马 卫冕PSG斗车路士
ōu lián 1 6 qiáng chōu qiān yīng chāo 6 duì yìng zhàng lián chǎng 曼 chéng zài yù huáng mǎ wèi 冕 P S G dǒu chē lù shì
Europa League round of 16 draw|Premier League 6 teams in a series of tough battles, Manchester City meets Real Madrid again and defending PSG Douchers
... 星洲餐饮掀倒闭潮 早年越洋落户港厨 依仗粤菜神髓守业
. . . xīng zhōu cān yǐn xiān dǎo bì cháo zǎo nián yuè yáng luò hù gǎng chú yī zhàng yuè cài shén suǐ shǒu yè
... Sin Chew Catering set off a wave of closures and settled in Hong Kong kitchens across the ocean in the early years, relying on the essence of Cantonese cuisine to keep its business
很多年轻人去了打仗。
Hěn duō niánqīngrén qù le dǎzhàng.
Many young men went to war.
他声嘶力竭地叫道：「这场仗，我们不可以输！」
Tā shēngsīlìjié de jiàodào:「 zhè chǎng zhàng, wǒmen bù kěyǐ shū!」
He shouted at the top of his voice, "This is a battle we cannot lose."
我们在跟日本打仗。
Wǒmen zài gēn Rìběn dǎzhàng.
We're at war with Japan.
饿着肚子是没法打仗的。
è zhe dùzi shì méifǎ dǎzhàng de.
You can't fight on an empty stomach.
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