抢劫 meaning in English

qiǎngjié

to rob; looting

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 搶劫14 strokes

Meaning of 抢劫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiǎngjié
  1. to rob
  2. looting

抢劫 in example sentences

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

你nǐ被bèi抢qiǎng劫jié过guò吗ma?
Have you ever been robbed?
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.
税shuì收shōu就jiù是shì合hé法fǎ的de抢qiǎng劫jié。
Taxes are just legal robbery.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

抢 qiǎng · to fight over · 7 strokes

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劫 jié · to rob · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 抢劫.

抢救qiǎngjiùto rescue
劫持jiéchíto kidnap; to hijack
抢夺qiǎngduóto plunder; to pillage
浩劫hàojiécalamity; catastrophe
抢眼qiǎngyǎneye-catching
抢走qiǎngzǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
打劫dǎjiéto loot; to rob
劫匪jiéfěibandit; robber
抢劫案qiǎngjié'ànrobbery; holdup
洗劫xǐjiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
抢先qiǎngxiānto rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first
逃过一劫táoguòyījié(idiom) to survive a calamity; to get through a crisis

Questions about 抢劫

What does 抢劫 mean?

抢劫 (qiǎngjié) means "to rob; looting" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 抢劫?

抢劫 is made of 2 characters: 抢 (7 strokes), 劫 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 抢劫 an HSK word?

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

How is 抢劫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 抢劫 is written 搶劫.