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劫

jié

HSK 6 Character

What 劫 means

1. to rob
2. to plunder
3. to seize by force
4. to coerce
5. calamity
6. abbr. for kalpa {劫波|jié bō}

Other readings

劫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiévariant of {劫|jié}
• jiévariant of {劫|jié}
• jiévariant of {劫|jié}

Example sentences

• 他能抢劫。
  He is capable of robbery.
• 我被抢劫了。
  I've been robbed.
• 你被抢劫过吗？
  Nǐ bèi qiǎngjié guo ma?
  Have you ever been robbed?
• 汤姆被打劫了。
  Tāngmǔ bèi dǎjié le.
  Tom was mugged.
• 这伙人计划抢劫。
  The gang was planning a robbery.
• 税收就是合法的抢劫。
  Shuìshōu jiùshì héfǎ de qiǎngjié.
  Taxes are just legal robbery.

Words starting with 劫

• 劫持jié chíto kidnap; to hijack; to abduct
• 劫匪jié fěibandit; robber
• 劫难jié nàncalamity
• 劫机jié jīhijacking; air piracy
• 劫掠jié lüèto loot; to plunder
• 劫夺jié duóto seize by force; to abduct
• 劫寨jié zhàito seize a stronghold; to surprise the enemy in his camp
• 劫数jié shùpredestined fate (Buddhism)
• 劫杀jié shāto rob and kill
• 劫波jié bōkalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
• 劫洗jié xǐto loot; plunder
• 劫营jié yíngto seize a camp; to surprise the enemy in bed
• 劫狱jié yùto break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners
• 劫色jié sèto sexually assault
• 劫车jié chēto carjack; carjacking
• 劫道jié dàoto kidnap; to hijack
• 劫余jié yúremnants after a disaster; aftermath
• 劫持者jié chí zhěhijacker; kidnapper
• 劫富济贫jié fù jì pín(idiom) to rob the rich to help the poor
• 劫后余生jié hòu yú shēng(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
• 劫数难逃jié shù nán táoDestiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
• 劫囚jié qiúto break a prisoner out of jail

Words containing 劫

• 抢劫qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
• 浩劫hào jiécalamity; catastrophe; apocalypse
• 洗劫xǐ jiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
• 抢劫案qiǎng jié ànrobbery; holdup
• 万劫不复wàn jié bù fùconsigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve
• 趁火打劫chèn huǒ dǎ jié(lit.) to loot a burning house (idiom); (fig.) to take advantage of sb's misfortune
• 打劫dǎ jiéto loot; to rob; to plunder
• 骑劫qí jiéto hijack (an airplane, motor vehicle, social media account, discussion etc)
• 抢劫罪qiǎng jié zuìrobbery
• 红羊劫hóng yáng jiénational disaster (ancient astrological allusion)
• 乘火打劫chéng huǒ dǎ jiéto take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot
• 打家劫舍dǎ jiā jié shèto break into a house for robbery (idiom)
• 持枪抢劫chí qiāng qiǎng jiéarmed robbery
• 空中劫持kōng zhōng jié chíto hijack (a plane); aircraft hijacking; skyjacking
• 拦劫lán jiéto mug; to intercept and rob
• 洗劫一空xǐ jié yī kōngto steal everything
• 逃过一劫táo guò yī jié(idiom) to survive a calamity; to get through a crisis

Characters that look like 劫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 劾héto impeach

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 洁clean
• 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 竭to exhaust
• 桔used in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate