HSK 6 · Verbs

进攻 jìngōng “to attack” in Chinese

Traditional 進攻

What 进攻 means

  1. to attack
  2. offensive
  3. to assault
  4. to go on the offensive
  5. offence (sports)

How to say 进攻

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale攻gōng1st tone, high and level

进攻 in a sentence

  1. 进攻是最好的防御。

    Jìngōng shì zuìhǎo de fángyù.

    Attack is the best form of defence.

    Sentence #797083 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 裁判根据有利原则，举起手示意继续进攻。

    Cáipàn gēnjù yǒulì yuánzé, jǔqǐ shǒu shìyì jìxù jìngōng.

    Playing advantage, the referee raised his hand to signal that the attack should continue.

    Sentence #3579600 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 进攻 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 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

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.

How to write 进攻

进 7 strokes · 攻 7 strokes

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

Words related to 进攻

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

Words with 攻

攻击gōngjī · to attack攻克gōngkè · to capture

More words: Common Verbs

借助jièzhù · to rely on惊动jīngdòng · to disturb精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute浸泡jìnpào · to soak纠正jiūzhèng · to correct给予jǐyǔ · to give卷juǎn · to roll up

FAQs

进攻 (jìngōng) means “to attack” or “offensive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìngōng: jìn with a 4th tone, then gōng 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, 进攻 is written 進攻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进攻 from the suggestions. Typing jingong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进攻 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.