夺 (duó): to seize, to take away forcibly, to wrest control of
夺 (duó) is a Chinese character meaning “to seize.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 大 (structural) and 寸 (structural). It ranks #1194 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 夺 a man 大 grasping something 寸. Its radical form 大 (big) appears in many related characters such as 大 (dà, big), 天 (tiān, day), 太 (tài, highest).
Definitions
- to seize
- to take away forcibly
- to wrest control of
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA man 大 grasping something 寸
Decomposition: ⿱大寸 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 夺
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥夺verb | bō duó | to deprive |
| 掠夺 | lüè duó | to plunder |
| 夺冠verb | duó guàn | to seize the crown |
| 夺得verb | duó dé | to take (after a struggle) |
| 夺回verb | duó huí | to take back (forcibly) |
| 抢夺verb | qiǎng duó | to plunder |
| 定夺verb | dìng duó | to make a decision |
| 夺目adjective | duó mù | to dazzle the eyes |
| 光彩夺目phrase | guāng cǎi duó mù | dazzling |
| 夺权verb | duó quán | to seize power |
| 争夺战 | zhēng duó zhàn | struggle |
| 争分夺秒phrase | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) |
| 强词夺理phrase | qiǎng cí duó lǐ | to twist words and force logic (idiom) |
| 篡夺verb | cuàn duó | to usurp |
| 夺魁verb | duó kuí | to win the championship |
夺 appears in 41 compound words: 32 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 夺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
to use lame arguments and perverted logic; shoving false arguments down people's throats; sophistry
a minor issue takes precedence over a major one; a minor player upstages the main attraction
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
to use lame arguments and perverted logic; shoving false arguments down people's throats; sophistry
Example Sentences
写好夺字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo duó zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "夺" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
...皖”美食争霸赛总决赛收官 豆腐发源地淮南夺冠
. . . 皖 měi shí zhēng bà sài zǒng jué sài shōu guān dòu fǔ fā yuán dì huái nán duó guàn
... The finals of the "Anhui" Food Competition ended with Huainan, the birthplace of tofu, winning the championship
...野滑雪收官战:瑞典名将安德松女子50公里夺金
. . . yě huá xuě shōu guān zhàn : ruì diǎn míng jiāng ān dé sōng nǚ zǐ 5 0 gōng lǐ duó jīn
... Wild skiing finale: Sweden's Andersson won gold in the women's 50km
美国男子冰球击败加拿大 1980年以来首夺冬奥金牌
měi guó nán zǐ bīng qiú jī bài jiā ná dà 1 9 8 0 nián yǐ lái shǒu duó dōng ào jīn pái
U.S. men's ice hockey beats Canada to win Winter Olympic gold medal for the first time since 1980
冬奥—谷爱凌夺金后得悉外婆离世 记者会上哭说“昨晚才梦...
dōng ào — gǔ ài líng duó jīn hòu dé xī wài pó lí shì jì zhě huì shàng kū shuō zuó wǎn cái mèng . . .
Winter Olympics - After Gu Ailing won the gold medal, she learned of her grandmother's death and cried at the press conference, "I just dreamed last night...
不到30小时连夺3金!他们的每一滴热泪,都写着“值..
bù dào 3 0 xiǎo shí lián duó 3 jīn ! tā men de měi yī dī rè lèi , dōu xiě zhe zhí . .
Win 3 gold medals in less than 30 hours! Every tear they shed was written "Value:
大炸弹从天而降，夺走了许多人的生命。
Dà zhàdàn cóngtiān'érjiàng, duózǒu le xǔduō rén de shēngmìng.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
这项法律会剥夺我们的基本权利。
Zhè xiàng fǎlǜ huì bōduó wǒmen de jīběn quánlì.
This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
没有人能剥夺你的人权。
Méiyǒu rén néng bōduó nǐ de rénquán.
No one can deprive of your human rights.
我们要连胜七局，才能在这场锦标赛中夺得冠军。
Wǒmen yào lián shèng qī jú, cáinéng zài zhè chǎng jǐnbiāosài zhōng duódé guànjūn.
We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.
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