攻 meaning in English

gōng

to attack; to accuse

HSK 7-9verb7 strokes

Meaning of 攻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gōng
  1. to attack
  2. to accuse
  3. to study
  4. (LGBT) top

攻 in example sentences

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

以yǐ毒dú攻gōng毒dú。
Fight fire with fire.
你nǐ专zhuān攻gōng什shén么me领lǐng域yù?
What's your major field?
军jūn队duì意yì外wài地dì被bèi攻gōng击jī了le。
The army was unexpectedly attacked.
狗gǒu攻gōng击jī了le小xiǎo男nán孩hái儿er。
The dog attacked the little boy.
他tā们men进jìn攻gōng了le敌dí人rén。
They attacked the enemy.

Stroke order for each character

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攻 gōng · to attack · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 攻.

攻击gōngjīto attack; to accuse
进攻jìngōngto attack; to assault
攻读gōngdúto major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
攻关gōngguānto storm a strategic pass; fig. to tackle a key problem
攻打gōngdǎto attack (the enemy)
攻势gōngshì(military) offensive
攻破gōngpòto make a breakthrough; to break through
攻占gōngzhànto seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm
反攻fǎngōngto counterattack; a counteroffensive
围攻wéigōngto besiege; to beleaguer
攻陷gōngxiànto capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
人身攻击rénshēngōngjīpersonal attack

Questions about 攻

What does 攻 mean?

攻 (gōng) means "to attack; to accuse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 攻?

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

Is 攻 an HSK word?

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