搶 (qiāng)
to rob; to snatch; to rush; to scramble for
How 搶 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 搶
- Simplified
- 抢
搶 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- qiāng
- see 搶風|抢风[qiang1 feng1]
- qiǎng
- to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab
Common words using 搶
- 搶先 qiǎngxiān
- to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall
- 搶劫 qiǎngjié
- to rob; looting
- 搶眼 qiǎngyǎn
- eye-catching
- 搶購 qiǎnggòu
- panic buying; rushing to buy
- 搶走 qiǎngzǒu
- to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
- 哄搶 hōngqiǎng
- looting
- 拼搶 pīnqiǎng
- to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
- 搶佔 qiǎngzhàn
- to seize (the strategic high ground)
- 搶修 qiǎngxiū
- to repair in a rush; urgent repairs
- 搶劫案 qiǎngjiéàn
- robbery; holdup
- 搶劫罪 qiāngjiézuì
- robbery
- 搶奪 qiǎngduó
- to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
搶 in a sentence
大家都在搶演唱會的門票。
Dàjiā dōu zài qiǎng yǎnchànghuì de ménpiào.
“Everyone is scrambling to buy concert tickets.”
How common is 搶?
搶 is the 1,410th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.9% of all running text.
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