袭 xí
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 龙 — dragon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
袭击
xíjī
to attack; attack
Characters in this word
击 jī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 边境村庄遭到袭击后，政府立即启动了人道援助机制。 Biānjìng cūnzhuāng zāodào xíjī hòu, zhèngfǔ lìjí qǐdòng le réndào yuánzhù jīzhì. After the border village was attacked, the government immediately launched a humanitarian aid mechanism.
- 昨晚台风袭击了沿海的城市，许多树被吹倒。 Zuówǎn táifēng xíjī le yánhǎi de chéngshì, xǔduō shù bèi chuīdǎo. Last night a typhoon struck the coastal city, and many trees were blown down.
- 寒流袭击北方地区，农民忙着保护果树。 Hánliú xíjī běifāng dìqū, nóngmín mángzhe bǎohù guǒshù. A cold wave hit the northern region, and farmers are busy protecting the fruit trees.
Related words
- 抄袭 chāoxí to plagiarise; to copy
- 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
- 击败 jībài to defeat
- 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
- 撞击 zhuàngjī to strike; to impact; impact