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Usage of the character 搶

qiǎng
[搶]
  • to fight over
  • to rush
  • to scramble
  • to grab
  • to rob
  • to snatch
qiāng
[搶]
  • (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
  • opposite in direction; contrary
qiǎngxiǎn
抢险
[搶險]
  • emergency (measures)
  • to react to an emergency
pīnqiǎng
拼抢
[拼搶]
  • to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
qiǎngxiān
抢先
[搶先]
  • to rush (to do sth urgent)
  • to try to be the first
  • to forestall
qiǎnggōng
抢功
[搶功]
  • to take credit for sb else's achievements
qiǎngzhàn
抢占
[搶佔]
  • to seize (the strategic high ground)
qiǎngpǎo
抢跑
[搶跑]
  • to jump the gun
  • to make a false start
hōngqiǎng
哄抢
[哄搶]
  • to panic buy
  • to loot
qiǎngzǒu
抢走
[搶走]
  • to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
qiǎngzhù
抢注
[搶註]
  • to squat on (a domain name, trademark etc)
qiǎngqīn
抢亲
[搶親]
  • marriage by capture
  • bride kidnapping
qiǎngjiù
抢救
[搶救]
  • to rescue
qiǎngpiào
抢票
[搶票]
  • to scramble for tickets
zhēngqiǎng
争抢
[爭搶]
  • to fight over
  • to scramble for
qiǎnggòu
抢购
[搶購]
  • to buy frenetically
  • to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
qiǎnghūn
抢婚
[搶婚]
  • marriage by capture
  • bride kidnapping
qiǎngtān
抢滩
[搶灘]
  • to make an amphibious assault
  • to seize a beachhead
  • to gain a foothold in (a new market)
qiǎngdá
抢答
[搶答]
  • to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
qiāngfēng
抢风
[搶風]
  • a headwind
  • a contrary wind
qiǎngbái
抢白
[搶白]
  • to rebuke; to reprimand
qiǎngtōng
抢通
[搶通]
  • to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
qiǎngduó
抢夺
[搶奪]
  • to plunder
  • to pillage
  • to forcibly take
qiǎngshǒu
抢手
[搶手]
  • (of goods) popular
  • in great demand
qiǎngyǎn
抢眼
[搶眼]
  • eye-catching
qiǎngxiū
抢修
[搶修]
  • to repair in a rush
  • rush repairs
qiǎngjié
抢劫
[搶劫]
  • to rob
  • looting
qiǎnglüè
抢掠
[搶掠]
  • to loot
  • looting
qiǎngfēngtóu
抢风头
[搶風頭]
  • to steal the show
  • to grab the limelight
qiǎngjìngtóu
抢镜头
[搶鏡頭]
  • to scoop the best camera shots
  • to grab the limelight
qiǎngjié'àn
抢劫案
[搶劫案]
  • robbery
  • holdup
qiǎngdáqì
抢答器
[搶答器]
  • lockout buzzer system (as used by game show contestants)
qiǎngshēngyi
抢生意
[搶生意]
  • to undercut competitors
  • to hustle
  • to compete for business
qiǎngjiézuì
抢劫罪
[搶劫罪]
  • robbery
qiǎngshǒuhuò
抢手货
[搶手貨]
  • a best-seller
  • a hot property
qiǎngxiǎnjiùzāi
抢险救灾
[搶險救災]
  • to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
bùtōubùqiǎng
不偷不抢
[不偷不搶]
  • to be law-abiding (idiom)
qiāngfēnghángxíng
抢风航行
[搶風航行]
  • to tack against the wind (sailing)
hūtiānqiāngdì
呼天抢地
[呼天搶地]
  • (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)
yùmíngqiǎngzhù
域名抢注
[域名搶注]
  • cybersquatting; domain squatting
chíqiāngqiǎngjié
持枪抢劫
[持槍搶劫]
  • armed robbery