HSK 6 · Society

掠夺 lüèduó “to plunder” in Chinese

Traditional 掠奪

What 掠夺 means

  1. to plunder
  2. to rob
  3. to loot

How to say 掠夺

    掠夺 in a sentence

    1. 人类不能无限制地掠夺自然资源。

      Rénlèi bùnéng wú xiànzhì de lüèduó zìrán zīyuán.

      People can’t go on plundering natural resources without limit.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    2. 历史书里写了很多关于海盗掠夺的故事。

      Lìshǐ shū lǐ xiě le hěn duō guānyú hǎidào lüèduó de gùshi.

      History books have many stories about pirates looting.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    How 掠夺 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 掠 (lüè) with each of its parts in a different colour
    掠lüèto take over by force
    • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
    • 京capital city · jīngSound part

    扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 夺 (duó) with each of its parts in a different colour
    夺duóto seize
    • 大big · dà
    • 寸inch · cùn

    How to write 掠夺

    掠 11 strokes · 夺 6 strokes

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

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

    Words related to 掠夺

    Words with 夺

    争夺zhēngduó · to fight over

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    FAQs

    掠夺 (lüèduó) means “to plunder” or “to rob”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it lüèduó: lüèduó. 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, 掠夺 is written 掠奪. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lueduo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 掠夺 from the suggestions. Typing lueduo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    掠夺 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.