击 jī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
击败
jībài
to defeat
Characters in this word
败 bài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 尽管对手准备充分，我们的队伍仍在决赛中击败了他们。 Jǐnguǎn duìshǒu zhǔnbèi chōngfèn, wǒmen de duìwu réng zài juésài zhōng jībài le tāmen. Although the opponents were well prepared, our team still defeated them in the final.
- 弟弟在象棋比赛中第一次击败了爸爸。 Dìdi zài xiàngqí bǐsài zhōng dì yī cì jībài le bàba. In a chess game, my younger brother beat Dad for the first time.
- 经过一个小时的比赛，他们击败了去年的冠军。 Jīngguò yí gè xiǎoshí de bǐsài, tāmen jībài le qùnián de guànjūn. After an hour-long match, they defeated last year's champions.
Related words
- 打击 dǎjī to hit; to discourage
- 射击 shèjī shooting
- 冲击 chōngjī impact, shock, to assault
- 点击 diǎnjī to click
- 攻击 gōngjī to attack
- 反击 fǎnjī to counterattack; to strike back
- 抨击 pēngjī to criticise sharply; to attack verbally
- 拳击 quánjī boxing
- 突击 tūjī launch a sudden attack; make a concentrated effort
- 袭击 xíjī to attack; attack
- 撞击 zhuàngjī to strike; to impact; impact
- 败 bài to lose