抢 (qiǎng): to fight over, to rush, to scramble, to grab, to rob, to snatch
抢 (qiǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to fight over.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 仓 (phonetic). It ranks #1404 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抢 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to fight over
- to rush
- to scramble
- to grab
- to rob
- to snatch
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 抢
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢劫verb | qiǎng jié | to rob |
| 抢走verb | qiǎng zǒu | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) |
| 抢先verb | qiǎng xiān | to rush (to do sth urgent) |
| 抢手adjective | qiǎng shǒu | (of goods) popular |
| 抢眼adjective | qiǎng yǎn | eye-catching |
| 抢夺verb | qiǎng duó | to plunder |
| 抢断verb | qiǎng duàn | (basketball) to steal (the ball) |
| 抢购verb | qiǎng gòu | to buy frenetically |
| 抢占verb | qiǎng zhàn | to seize (the strategic high ground) |
| 抢掠verb | qiǎng lüè | to loot |
| 抢修verb | qiǎng xiū | to repair in a rush |
| 抢答verb | qiǎng dá | to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show) |
| 争抢verb | zhēng qiǎng | to fight over |
| 抢镜头verb | qiǎng jìng tóu | (of a photographer etc) to capture the best shots |
| 抢手货noun | qiǎng shǒu huò | a best-seller |
抢 appears in 42 compound words: 81 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 7 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 抢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他抢起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā qiāng qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
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bā ná mǎ yìng qiǎng cháng hé gǎng kǒu zhōng guó xū yán lì huí jī è zhì gēng yán chóng pò chuāng . . .
Panama has to fight back severely to contain more serious "broken windows...
娱乐抢先看/始源8字贴文挺尹锡悦掀论战、逸祥探...
yú lè qiǎng xiān kàn shǐ yuán 8 zì tiē wén tǐng 尹 xī yuè xiān lùn zhàn , yì xiáng tàn . . .
Entertainment sneak peek/Siyuan 8-word post supports Yoon Suk-yue's debate, Yixiang probes...
FT台湾永续高息 抢镜
F T tái wān yǒng xù gāo xī qiǎng jìng
FT Taiwan perpetual high interest steals the spotlight
...生命|秀茂坪顺利邨45岁妇堕楼 昏迷送院抢救不治
. . . shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 4 5 suì fù duò lóu hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
... A 45-year-old woman fell from a building in Shunli Estate in Sau Mau Ping and was sent to the hospital for rescue
珍惜生命|秀茂坪顺利邨45岁妇堕楼 送院抢救不治
zhēn xī shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 4 5 suì fù duò lóu sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
Cherish Life|A 45-year-old woman fell from a building and was sent to the hospital for rescue
税收就是合法的抢劫。
Shuìshōu jiùshì héfǎ de qiǎngjié.
Taxes are just legal robbery.
你们怎么可以抢别人的东西？
Nǐmen zěnme kěyǐ qiǎng biéren de dōngxi?
How can you guys steal someone else's stuff?
把手举起来！这是抢劫。
Bǎ shǒu jǔqǐ lái! Zhè shì qiǎngjié.
Hands up! This is a robbery.
他把我妹妹的玩具都抢走了。
Tā bǎ wǒ mèimei de wánjù dōu qiǎngzǒu le.
He deprived my little sister of all her toys.
Character Family
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