奪 (dyut6 | duo2) : seize; compete; deprive; decide

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奪

dyut6

duo2

[1] seize; snatch; take by force
[2] compete/contend/strive for
[3] deprive; abolish; lose
[4] decide; determine; settle
[5] (of words in texts) be left out

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 大 (#37)

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

奪 / 夺

This word has been viewed 6776 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Mar 2011 09:56

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奪得 dyut6 dak1 duo2 de2 = win; carry off

爭奪 zang1 dyut6 zheng1 duo2 = to fight over; to contest; to vie over

奪取 dyut6 ceoi2 duo2 qu3 = to snatch; to seize; to grab; to wrest; to take by force

剝奪 mok1 dyut6 bo1 duo2 = [1] deprive; [2] expropriate; [2] strip (of)

肥奪奪 fei4 dyut6*1 dyut6*1 = somewhat fat; chubby 粵

剝奪人權的 mok1 dyut6 jan4 kyun4 dik1 bo1 duo2 ren2 quan2 de5 = [adj] proscriptive 國

掠奪 loek6 dyut6 = to ransack, rob, plunder

截奪 zit6 dyut6 jie2 duo2 = intercept

剝奪冠軍 mok1 dyut6 gun3 gwan1 bo1 duo2 guan4 jun1 = to strip someone of his championship medal (common formation)

奪命 dyut6 ming6 duo2 ming4 = a life plucked away; a life taken away by force

奪冠 dyut6 gun3 duo2 guan4 = to win first place; to capture the championship

奪眶而出 dyut6 hong1 ji4 ceot1 duo2 kuang4 er2 chu1 = begin shedding tears

搶奪 coeng2 dyut6 qiang3 duo2 = snatch; seize; take by force; steal

奪獎 dyut6 zoeng2 duo2 jiang3 = to capture a prize; to win a award

奪去 dyut6 heoi3 duo2 qu4 = seize from; snatch away

奪目 dyut6 muk6 duo2 mu4 = to dazzle the eyes

絢麗奪目 hyun3 lai6 dyut6 muk6 xuan4 li4 duo2 mu4 = flamboyant; brilliant display

奪門而出 dyut6 mun4 ji4 ceot1 duo2 men2 er2 chu1 = to hasten out of the house in a great rush

爭分奪秒 zang1 fan1 dyut6 miu5 zheng1 fen1 duo2 miao3 = fighting for time; race against time

橫刀奪愛 waang4 dou1 dyut6 oi3 heng2 dao1 duo2 ai4 = forcefully take away another man's woman

褫奪 ci2 dyut6 chi3 duo2 = deprive; strip (rights, privileges or office etc. )

奪魁 dyut6 fui1 duo2 kui2 = win gold; rank first place; be a champion

君子不奪人所好 gwan1 zi2 bat1 dyut6 jan4 so2 hou3 jun1 zi3 bu4 duo2 ren2 suo3 hao4 = a man of noble character doesn't seize things which another treasures

篡奪 saan3 dyut6 cuan4 duo2 = to usurp

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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+596a (off-site link)

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