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搶

简抢 · 繁搶

Mandarin · pinyin qiāng#

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
opposite in direction; contrary

Mandarin · pinyin qiǎng#

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搶: Look up this written character
抢: qiǎng · plunder, rob, take by force

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1 · qiang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng1 · coeng2 · cong1 · cong2

Cantonese word readings for 搶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

to snatch away
to fight over; to scramble for; to compete for
to rush
to scrape

character

(literary) to knock; to hit; to strike
to go in the opposite direction

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