袭击 meaning in English

xíjī

attack (esp. surprise attack); raid

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 襲擊16 strokes

Meaning of 袭击

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xíjī
  1. attack (esp. surprise attack)
  2. raid
  3. to attack

袭击 in example sentences

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

台tái风fēng袭xí击jī了le关guān东dōng地dì区qū。
The typhoon struck the Kanto district.
我wǒ们men被bèi暴bào风fēng雨yǔ袭xí击jī了le。
We were caught in a storm.
他tā们men袭xí击jī敌dí人rén。
They attacked the enemy.
地dì震zhèn频pín繁fán地dì袭xí击jī日rì本běn。
Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.
日rì本běn人rén在zài一yī九jiǔ四sì一yī年nián十shí二èr月yuè七qī日rì袭xí击jī珍zhēn珠zhū港gǎng。
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Stroke order for each character

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

袭 xí · to attack · 11 strokes

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击 jī · to strike · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 袭击.

射击shèjīto shoot; to fire (a gun)
打击dǎjīto hit; to strike
攻击gōngjīto attack; to accuse
冲击chōngjīto attack; to batter
反击fǎnjīto strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
撞击zhuàngjīto strike; to hit; to ram
突击tūjīsudden and violent attack; assault
抨击pēngjīto attack (verbally or in writing)
抄袭chāoxíto plagiarize; to copy
世袭shìxísuccession; inheritance
点击率diǎnjīlǜclick-through rate (CTR) (Internet)
击中jīzhòngto hit (a target); to strike

Questions about 袭击

What does 袭击 mean?

袭击 (xíjī) means "attack (esp. surprise attack); raid" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 袭击?

袭击 is made of 2 characters: 袭 (11 strokes), 击 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 袭击 an HSK word?

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

How is 袭击 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 袭击 is written 襲擊.