| 挣 | 
zhèng dé | to earn (income) / to make (money) | 
| 挣 | 
zhēng | used in 挣扎 | 
| 挣 | 
zhèng | to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money) | 
|  得 | 
dé | to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished | 
|  得 | 
dè | used in 得瑟 | 
|  得 | 
de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | 
|  得 | 
děi | to have to / must / ought to / to need to |