搶
qiǎngqiāng HSK5

plunder, rob

抢 (搶) qiǎng frequency
rob verb
to take something by force, snatch, or loot

他的钱包被抢了。

tā de qián​bāo bèi qiǎng le.

His wallet was snatched.

scramble verb
to fight over or compete for something in limited supply

开饭铃一响，大家就抢着去食堂排队领饭。

kāi​fàn líng yī xiǎng, dà​jiā jiù qiǎng zhe qù shí​táng pái​duì lǐng fàn.

As soon as the dinner bell rang, everyone rushed to the cafeteria to line up for food.

rush verb
to hurry or do something quickly to preempt others or a deadline

我们要抢在天黑前赶回家。

wǒ​men yào qiǎng zài tiān​hēi qián gǎn​huí jiā.

We need to rush home before it gets dark.

抢 (搶) qiāng
contrary verb
opposite in direction; moving against the wind or current

小船在抢风航行，速度慢了许多。

xiǎo​chuán zài qiāng fēng háng​xíng, sù​dù màn le xǔ​duō.

The small boat is sailing against the wind, and its speed has slowed significantly.

knock against verb
to knock or strike against, especially to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage

他听闻噩耗后极度气愤，竟拿头抢地。

tā tīng​wén è​hào hòu jí​dù qì​fèn, jìng ná tóu qiāng dì.

He was so furious after hearing the bad news that he banged his head against the ground.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,412th most common 80.6 per million
Movie subtitles
997th most common 104.8 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
66.4 per million appears in 20% of films
Written text
118.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
抢
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6436

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)