劫 (gip3 | jie2) : rob; plunder; hijack

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劫

gip3

jie2

[1] rob; plunder; hijack
[2] coerce; compel
[3] calamity; sufferings; disaster

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 力 (#19)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

劫

This word has been viewed 7192 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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打劫 daa2 gip3 = to rob 粵

劫持 gip3 ci4 jie2 chi2 = to kidnap; to hijack

搶劫 coeng2 gip3 qiang3 jie2 = to rob

劫匪 gip3 fei2 = cateran (similar to a bandit)

劫案 gip3 on3 jie2 an4 = robbery

騎劫 ke4 gip3 = to highjack; to hijack

明火打劫 ming4 fo2 daa2 gip3 = open robbery 粵

械劫 haai6 gip3 = a "stick up", (an armed) robbery 粵

械劫案 haai6 gip3 on3 xie4 jie2 an4 = armed robbery

洗劫 sai2 gip3 = to loot

劫富濟貧 gip3 fu3 zai3 pan4 = to rob from the rich and give to the poor

持槍搶劫 ci4 coeng1 coeng2 gip3 chi2 qiang1 qiang1 jie2 = armed robbery

劫機 gip3 gei1 jie2 ji1 = [n] airpiracy; hijacking

劫殺 gip3 saat3 = murder (committed while robbing someone)

行兇搶劫 hang4 hung1 coeng2 gip3 = to violently assault and rob

劫難 gip3 naan6 jie2 nan4 = calamity

打家劫舍 daa2 gaa1 gip3 se3 da3 jia1 jie2 she4 = loot; plunder

趁火打劫 can3 fo2 daa2 gip3 chen4 huo3 da3 jie2 = to loot a burning house; to take adventage of sb.'s misfortune

浩劫 hou6 gip3 hao4 jie2 = great calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse

持械行劫 ci4 haai6 haang4 gip3 chi2 xie4 xing2 jie2 = armed robbery

打劫銀行 daa2 gip3 ngan4 hong4 = to rob a bank; bank robbery

行劫 haang4 gip3 xing2 jie2 = to rob; robbery

入屋行劫 jap6 uk1 haang4 gip3 = home invasion (lit., "enter the house to rob")

劫獄 gip3 juk6 jie2 yu4 = break into a prision to free a prisioner

劫車 gip3 ce1 jie2 che1 = hijacking a car; to carjack, carjacking

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+52ab (off-site link)

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