HSK 5 · Sport

射击 shèjī “to shoot” in Chinese

Traditional 射擊

What 射击 means

  1. to shoot
  2. to fire (a gun)

How to say 射击

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale射shè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale击jī1st tone, high and level

射击 in a sentence

  1. 他是射击运动员，参加过奥运会。

    Tā shì shèjī yùndòngyuán, cānjiā guo Àoyùnhuì.

    He’s a sport shooter and has competed at the Olympics.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 射击是奥运会的比赛项目之一。

    Shèjī shì Àoyùnhuì de bǐsài xiàngmù zhīyī.

    Shooting is one of the Olympic events.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 射击 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 射 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
射shèto shoot
  • 身body · shēn
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 击 (jī) drawn as one shape
击jīto hit

击 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 射击

射 10 strokes · 击 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 射击

Words with 射

注射zhùshè · to inject放射fàngshè · to radiate反射fǎnshè · reflex发射fāshè · to launch辐射fúshè · radiation

Words with 击

打击dǎjī · to strike攻击gōngjī · to attack袭击xíjī · to attack冲击chōngjī · impact

More words: Sport & Leisure

教练jiàoliàn · instructor俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)胜利shènglì · victory太极拳tàijíquán · tai chi (taijiquan)武术wǔshù · martial arts夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp

FAQs

射击 (shèjī) means “to shoot” or “to fire (a gun)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shèjī: shè with a 4th tone, then jī with a 1st 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, 射击 is written 射擊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sheji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 射击 from the suggestions. Typing sheji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
射击 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.