劫 meaning in English

jié

to rob; to plunder

HSK 7-9verb7 strokes

Meaning of 劫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jié
  1. to rob
  2. to plunder
  3. to seize by force
  4. to coerce
  5. calamity
  6. abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jie2]
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jie2]
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jie2]

劫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ被bèi抢qiǎng劫jié了le。
I got robbed.
他tā能néng抢qiǎng劫jié。
He is capable of robbery.
这zhè家jiā银yín行háng一yī周zhōu前qián被bèi抢qiǎng劫jié。
The bank was held up a week ago.
把bǎ手shǒu举jǔ起qǐ来lái!这zhè是shì抢qiǎng劫jié。
Hands up! This is a robbery.
这zhè伙huǒ人rén计jì划huà抢qiǎng劫jié。
The gang was planning a robbery.

Stroke order for each character

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劫 jié · to rob · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 劫.

抢劫qiǎngjiéto rob; looting
劫持jiéchíto kidnap; to hijack
浩劫hàojiécalamity; catastrophe
打劫dǎjiéto loot; to rob
劫匪jiéfěibandit; robber
抢劫案qiǎngjié'ànrobbery; holdup
洗劫xǐjiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
逃过一劫táoguòyījié(idiom) to survive a calamity; to get through a crisis
劫机jiéjīhijacking; air piracy
劫车jiéchēto carjack; carjacking
洗劫一空xǐjiéyīkōngto steal everything

Questions about 劫

What does 劫 mean?

劫 (jié) means "to rob; to plunder" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 劫?

劫 is made of 1 character: 劫 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 劫 an HSK word?

Yes. 劫 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.