袭 (xí): (bound form) to raid, to attack, (bound form) to continue the pattern, to perpetuate, (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
袭 (xí) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to raid.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龙 (semantic) and 衣 (phonetic). It ranks #1208 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 袭 dragon. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- (bound form) to raid
- to attack
- (bound form) to continue the pattern
- to perpetuate
- (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 袭击verb | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack) |
| 突袭verb | tū xí | to raid |
| 偷袭verb | tōu xí | to mount a sneak attack |
| 空袭noun | kōng xí | to make an air raid |
| 侵袭verb | qīn xí | to invade |
| 抄袭verb | chāo xí | to plagiarize |
| 奇袭verb | qí xí | surprise attack |
| 世袭verb | shì xí | succession |
| 夜袭noun | yè xí | night attack |
| 奔袭noun | bēn xí | to carry out a long-range raid |
| 承袭verb | chéng xí | to inherit |
| 沿袭verb | yán xí | to carry on as before |
| 世袭之争 | shì xí zhī zhēng | succession struggle |
| 世袭君主国 | shì xí jūn zhǔ guó | hereditary monarchy |
| 袭击者 | xí jī zhě | attacker |
袭 appears in 34 compound words: 12 as the first character, 74 as the last, and 15 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 袭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
老师教我们袭字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men xí zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "袭."
...叛逆史:翘家15天 带领“放牛班鲁蛇”逆袭
. . . pàn nì shǐ : qiáo jiā 1 5 tiān dài lǐng fàng niú bān lǔ shé nì xí
... History of rebellion: 15 days of Qiao Jia led the counterattack of the "Cattle Herding Banlu Snake"
组图:太阳风暴来袭时 出现令人惊叹的极光
zǔ tú : tài yáng fēng bào lái xí shí chū xiàn lìng rén jīng tàn de jí guāng
Picture: Stunning aurora appears when a solar storm hits
暴风雪来袭 纽约市周一停课停学 19年来首见
bào fēng xuě lái xí niǔ yuē shì zhōu yī tíng kè tíng xué 1 9 nián lái shǒu jiàn
The blizzard hit New York City on Monday and closed classes for the first time in 19 years
巴基斯坦空袭阿富汗境内 阿国防部:将作出适当回应
bā jī sī tǎn kōng xí ā fù hàn jìng nèi ā guó fáng bù : jiāng zuò chū shì dāng huí yīng
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan Afghan Ministry of Defense: Appropriate response will be made
(外代一线)美国加州遭遇冬季风暴袭击
( wài dài yī xiàn ) měi guó jiā zhōu zāo yù dōng jì fēng bào xí jī
California, USA, was hit by a winter storm
一窝黄蜂袭击了孩子们。
Yī wō huángfēng xíjī le háizimen.
A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。
Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.
Extreme cold covered Europe.
一场毁灭性的地震袭击了这个州的首府。
Yī chǎng huǐmièxìng de dìzhèn xíjī le zhège zhōu de shǒufǔ.
A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
地震频繁地袭击日本。
Dìzhèn pínfán de xíjī Rìběn.
Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 龙 (dragon) component
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