抢 qiǎng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 仓 granary, barn
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
抢夺
qiǎngduó
to snatch; to seize
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Example phrases
- 监控显示，两名嫌疑人在站台抢夺乘客手机后迅速逃离。 Jiānkòng xiǎnshì, liǎng míng xiányírén zài zhàntái qiǎngduó chéngkè shǒujī hòu xùnsù táolí. Surveillance footage shows that two suspects snatched a passenger's phone on the platform and quickly fled.
- 两只猴子抢夺游客手中的香蕉，逗得大家直笑。 Liǎng zhī hóuzi qiǎngduó yóukè shǒu zhōng de xiāngjiāo, dòu de dàjiā zhí xiào. Two monkeys snatched the bananas from a tourist's hands, making everyone laugh.
- 商店里两名顾客抢夺最后一件特价品，店员连忙劝架。 Shāngdiàn lǐ liǎng míng gùkè qiǎngduó zuìhòu yí jiàn tèjiàpǐn, diànyuán liánmáng quànjià. In the shop two customers fought over the last bargain item, and the shop assistant hurried to separate them.
Related words
- 抢 qiǎng to grab; to snatch
- 抢救 qiǎngjiù to rescue urgently
- 抢劫 qiǎngjié to rob; robbery
- 抢眼 qiǎngyǎn eye-catching; striking
- 夺 duó to seize, to take
- 夺取 duóqǔ to capture, to take by force
- 争夺 zhēngduó to fight for, to compete for
- 剥夺 bōduó to deprive; to strip away
- 夺冠 duóguàn to win a championship
- 夺魁 duókuí to win first place; to come out on top
- 掠夺 lüèduó to plunder; to loot; to seize by force
- 争分夺秒 zhēngfēnduómiǎo to race against time; to seize every minute and second