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抢

qiǎng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 搶

What 抢 means

1. to fight over
2. to rush
3. to scramble
4. to grab
5. to rob
6. to snatch

Other readings

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

• qiāngto knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in di

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?
• 这伙人计划抢劫。
  The gang was planning a robbery.
• 我的钱包被抢了。
  My purse has been stolen.
• 汤姆抢了家银行。
  Tom robbed a bank.

Words starting with 抢

• 抢救qiǎng jiùto rescue
• 抢劫qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
• 抢走qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
• 抢先qiǎng xiānto rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall
• 抢夺qiǎng duóto plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
• 抢占qiǎng zhànto seize (the strategic high ground)
• 抢购qiǎng gòuto buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
• 抢险qiǎng xiǎnemergency (measures); to react to an emergency
• 抢眼qiǎng yǎneye-catching
• 抢手qiǎng shǒu(of goods) popular; in great demand
• 抢修qiǎng xiūto repair in a rush; rush repairs
• 抢注qiǎng zhùto squat on (a domain name, trademark etc)
• 抢劫案qiǎng jié ànrobbery; holdup
• 抢答qiǎng dáto compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
• 抢白qiǎng báito rebuke; to reprimand
• 抢功qiǎng gōngto take credit for sb else's achievements
• 抢婚qiǎng hūnmarriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• 抢断qiǎng duàn(basketball) to steal (the ball); (soccer) to dispossess an opponent…
• 抢滩qiǎng tānto make an amphibious assault; to seize a beachhead; to gain a foothold in (a new market)
• 抢票qiǎng piàoto scramble for tickets
• 抢亲qiǎng qīnmarriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• 抢跑qiǎng pǎoto jump the gun; to make a false start
• 抢通qiǎng tōngto rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
• 抢风qiāng fēngagainst the headwind

Words containing 抢

• 争抢zhēng qiǎngto fight over; to scramble for
• 拼抢pīn qiǎngto fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
• 不偷不抢bù tōu bù qiǎngto be law-abiding (idiom)
• 呼天抢地hū tiān qiāng dì(idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground…
• 域名抢注yù míng qiǎng zhùcybersquatting; domain squatting
• 持枪抢劫chí qiāng qiǎng jiéarmed robbery
• 哄抢hōng qiǎngto panic buy; to loot

Characters built on 仓

These share the phonetic component 仓 (cāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent
• 跄qiāngwalk rapidly
• 戗qiāngcontrary; pushing against; bump
• 炝qiàngto briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc…

Characters that look like 抢

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

• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

Sounds the same

Read qiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 强to force; to compel; to strive
• 羟hydroxyl (radical)
• 襁string of copper coins; variant of 襁
• 镪money; string of coins
• 𫄶variant of 襁