抢

qiǎng

HSK 54 readings

“Opposite in direction” in Chinese is 抢 (qiǎng).

Other characters with the syllable qiang: see all 6 →

Meaning

opposite in direction; contrary
to fight over
to rush

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to scramble
to grab
to rob
to snatch
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)

Example

为抢救病人医生已尽力了。

The doctor tried every possible means to save his patient.

From 抢救 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

qiǎngto fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch
qiāng(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
chēngto strike (archaic, variant of 枪)

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 抢

抢救qiǎngjiùto rescueHSK 5 抢夺qiǎngduóto plunderHSK 7-9 抢劫qiǎngjiéto robHSK 7-9 抢眼qiǎngyǎneye-catchingHSK 7-9

More HSK 5 characters

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