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qiǎng

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qiǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiǎng | qiang3
English translation
urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder

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About qiǎng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

qiǎng

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of qiǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌倉

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

cāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and cāng represents the sound. Simplified form of qiǎng .

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Words with qiǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiāng to rush qiǎng
抢劫 qiǎngjié to rob搶劫
抢救 qiǎngjiù to rescue搶救
抢走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery)搶走
抢购 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically搶購
抢先 qiǎng xiān to forestall搶先
抢险 qiǎng xiǎn emergency (measures)搶險
抢夺 qiǎng duó to plunder搶奪
抢修 qiǎng xiū rush repairs搶修
抢占 qiǎng zhàn to seize (the strategic high ground)搶佔
抢手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular搶手
争抢 zhēng qiǎng to fight over爭搶
拼抢 pīn qiǎng to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)拼搶
抢眼 qiǎng yǎn eye-catching搶眼
抢掠 qiǎng lu:è to loot搶掠
抢滩 qiǎng tān to seize a beachhead搶灘
哄抢 hōng qiǎng looting哄搶
抢手货 qiǎng shǒu huò a best-seller搶手貨
抢答 qiǎng dá to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)搶答
抢镜头 qiǎng jìng tóu to grab the limelight搶鏡頭
抢跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun搶跑
抢亲 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture搶親

qiǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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