抢 (搶) qiǎng

1. qiǎng verb to plunder; to rob; to take by force
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搶'; Guoyu '搶' v 1; Mathews 1931 '搶', p. 92; Unihan '搶')
2. qiǎng verb to graze [skin]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: To suffer a skin wound through scraping (Guoyu '搶' v 2)
3. qiǎng verb to grind [skin]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: To sharpen a knife or scissors by grinding (Guoyu '搶' v 3)
4. qiǎng adverb huriedly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '搶' adv)
5. qiāng verb to bump against
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '搶' 1, p. 362)
6. qiāng verb to go against
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '搶' 2, p. 362)

Contained in

• 抢镜头(搶鏡頭) to scoop the best camera shots; to grab the limelight
• 抢生意(搶生意) to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business
• 抢眼(搶眼) eye-catching
• 抢救(搶救) to rescue
• 抢劫(搶劫) to rob; to take by force
• 抢答(搶答) to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
• 抢险(搶險) to react to an emergency
• 抢修(搶修) to repair in a rush; rush repairs
• 抢掠(搶掠) to take by force; to plunder
• 抢风头(搶風頭) to steal the show; to grab the limelight
• 强抢(強搶) to attack and rob; to plunder
• 持枪抢劫(持槍搶劫) armed robbery
• 抢风航行(搶風航行) to tack against the wind (sailing)
• 抢跑(搶跑) to jump the gun; to make a false start
• 抢手货(搶手貨) a best-seller; a hot property
• 抢走(搶走) to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
• 哄抢(哄搶) looting
• 抢夺(搶奪) to forcibly take
• 抢劫案(搶劫案) robbery; holdup
• 抢风使行(搶風使行) to tack; to sail against the wind
• 抢风(搶風) a headwind; a contrary wind
• 争抢(爭搶) to fight over; to scramble for
• 抢答器(搶答器) lockout buzzer system (as used by game show contestants)
• 域名抢注(域名搶注) cybersquatting; domain squatting
• 抢地呼天(搶地呼天) to knock one's head on the ground and screen to the heavens
• 抢先(搶先) to compete to be the first
• 抢滩(搶灘) to make an amphibious assault; to seize a beachhead; to gain a foothold in (a new market)
• 拼抢(拼搶) to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
• 抢白(搶白) to rebuke; to denounce
• 抢嘴(搶嘴) argumentative
• 抢劫罪(搶劫罪) robbery
• 抢险救灾(搶險救災) to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster
• 抢通(搶通) to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
• 抢购(搶購) to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
• 抢手(搶手) (of goods) popular; in great demand
• 抢亲(搶親) to kidnap and marry
• 抢婚(搶婚) marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• 抢占(搶佔) to seize (the strategic high ground)
• 呼天抢地(呼天搶地) to scream at heaven and knock one's head on the ground
• 抄抢(抄搶) to plunder

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第一百六回 Chapter 106 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第六回 Chapter 6 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第一百四回 Chapter 104 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
• 第一百八回 Chapter 108 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第一百回 Chapter 100 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第一百十五回 Chapter 115 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7

Collocations

• 抢入 (搶入) 大踏步搶入來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 22
• 抢到 (搶到) 逕搶到盤陀石邊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 11
• 搀抢 (攙搶) 攙搶衡杓之氣莫不彌靡 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 9
• 抢攘 (搶攘) 國制搶攘 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 抢掳 (搶擄) 搶擄來往客人 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 7
• 来抢 (來搶) 那幾個老和尚都來搶粥喫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 6
• 便抢 (便搶) 一個便搶右腳 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 5
• 抢来 (搶來) 畢竟搶來揪住公孫勝的卻是何人 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 5
• 直抢 (直搶) 大踏步直搶入茶坊裏來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 4
• 大抢 (大搶) 大搶 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 3