HSK 6 · Verbs

攻克 gōngkè “to capture” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 攻克 means

  1. to capture
  2. to conquer
  3. to overcome (a difficulty)
  4. to take
  5. to overcome
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to solve

How to say 攻克

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale攻gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale克kè4th tone, falling

攻克 in a sentence

  1. 科学家们终于攻克了这个难题。

    Kēxuéjiāmen zhōngyú gōngkè le zhè ge nántí.

    The scientists finally cracked this difficult problem.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他花了半年时间攻克了汉字这一关。

    Tā huā le bànnián shíjiān gōngkè le hànzì zhè yì guān.

    He spent six months conquering Chinese characters.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 攻克 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 攻 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
攻gōngto attack
  • 工work · gōngSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gōng.

The character 克 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
克kèto be able to
  • 十ten · shí
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng

How to write 攻克

攻 7 strokes · 克 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 攻克

Words with 攻

攻击gōngjī · to attack进攻jìngōng · to attack

Words with 克

巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)克kè · gram克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)克制kèzhì · to restrain

More words: Common Verbs

跟随gēnsuí · to follow跟踪gēnzōng · to track巩固gǒnggù · to consolidate攻击gōngjī · to attack贯彻guànchè · to implement关照guānzhào · to look after跪guì · to kneel归还guīhuán · to return (something)

FAQs

攻克 (gōngkè) means “to capture” or “to conquer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngkè: gōng with a 1st tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 攻克 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 攻克 from the suggestions. Typing gongke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
攻克 is an HSK 6 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.