HSK 5 · Sport
射击 shèjī “to shoot” in Chinese
Traditional 射擊
What 射击 means
- to shoot
- to fire (a gun)
How to say 射击
射shè4th tone, falling
击jī1st tone, high and level
射击 in a sentence
How 射击 is built
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射shèto shoot
- 身body · shēn
- 寸inch · cùn

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
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Words related to 射击
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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.
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.