qiǎng duó

Traditional: 搶奪

HSK 7–9

抢夺 (qiǎng duó) is a Chinese word meaning “to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take”.

Meanings

  1. 1to plunder
  2. 2to pillage
  3. 3to forcibly take
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 抢夺

抢qiāng · (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)夺duó · to seize

Related words

抢(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)抢to fight over抢劫to rob夺to seize抢走to snatch (esp related to a robbery)争夺to fight over剥夺to deprive抢救to rescue夺取to seize掠夺to plunder夺冠to seize the crown抢先to rush (to do sth urgent)

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