浩劫 meaning in English

hàojié

calamity; catastrophe

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 浩劫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hàojié
  1. calamity
  2. catastrophe
  3. apocalypse

Stroke order for each character

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浩 hào · great · 10 strokes

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劫 jié · to rob · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 浩劫.

抢劫qiǎngjiéto rob; looting
劫持jiéchíto kidnap; to hijack
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
浩瀚hàohànvast (of ocean); boundless
劫机jiéjīhijacking; air piracy
劫车jiéchēto carjack; carjacking
洗劫一空xǐjiéyīkōngto steal everything

Questions about 浩劫

What does 浩劫 mean?

浩劫 (hàojié) means "calamity; catastrophe" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 浩劫?

浩劫 is made of 2 characters: 浩 (10 strokes), 劫 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 浩劫 an HSK word?

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