HSK 5 · Verbs

抢 qiǎng “to snatch” in Chinese

Traditional 搶

What 抢 means

  1. to snatch
  2. to grab
  3. to rob
  4. to fight over
  5. to rush
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to scramble

How to say 抢

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抢qiǎng3rd tone, dipping

抢 in a sentence

  1. 你们怎么可以抢别人的东西？

    Nǐmen zěnme kěyǐ qiǎng biéren de dōngxi?

    How could you grab other people’s things?

    Sentence #1670100 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他把我妹妹的玩具都抢走了。

    Tā bǎ wǒ mèimei de wánjù dōu qiǎng zǒu le.

    He snatched all my little sister’s toys.

    Sentence #346850 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他把信从我的手中抢了过去。

    Tā bǎ xìn cóng wǒ de shǒu zhōng qiǎng le guòqu.

    He snatched the letter out of my hand.

    Sentence #1329553 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 抢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 抢 (qiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
抢qiǎngto fight over
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiǎng.

How to write 抢

抢 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

抢 (qiǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 抢 (qiǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 抢

Words with 抢

抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob

More words: Common Verbs

飘piāo · to float (in the air)平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average破坏pòhuài · to destroy瞧qiáo · to look at切qiē · to cut庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate取消qǔxiāo · to cancel

FAQs

抢 (qiǎng) means “to snatch” or “to grab”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qiǎng: qiǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 抢 is written 搶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抢 from the suggestions. Typing qiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抢 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.