攻
gōng HSK6

attack

攻 gōng
attack verb
to attack physically, militarily, or to take the offensive

我军已将城市重重包围，但目前围而不攻。

wǒ jūn yǐ jiāng chéng​shì chóng​chóng bāo​wéi, dàn mù​qián wéi ér bù gōng.

Our army has surrounded the city but is currently besieging it without launching an attack.

accuse verb
to accuse, criticize, or attack someone's character or faults

在辩论中，他不应该在公开场合攻人之短。

zài biàn​lùn zhōng, tā bù yīng​gāi zài gōng​kāi chǎng​hé gōng rén zhī duǎn.

In a debate, he shouldn't publicly attack others' shortcomings.

study verb
to study a subject intensely or specialize in a field

他在大学里攻的是法律专业，对合同法很熟悉。

tā zài dà​xué lǐ gōng de shì fǎ​lǜ zhuān​yè, duì hé​tong​fǎ hěn shú​xī.

He majored in law at university and is very familiar with contract law.

top verb
the active or dominant partner in a male-male relationship (LGBT slang)

很多读者在讨论这两个角色谁才是攻。

hěn​duō dú​zhě zài tǎo​lùn zhè liǎng gè jué​sè shéi cái shì gōng.

Many readers are debating which of the two characters is the top.

Frequency
Character
Written text
588th most common 355.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,035th most common 97.4 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.15 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
47.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+653B

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