行劫

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	plunder
simp. and trad. (行劫)		行	劫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ gip³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngjié
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-chieh²
    • Yale: syíng-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjye
    • Palladius: синцзе (sincze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ gip³
    • Yale: hàhng gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ kiːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-kiap
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengkiab
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiap̚³²/

Verb

行劫

1. to rob; to commit robbery

Synonyms

• 強盜／强盗 (qiángdào)
• 打劫 (dǎjié)
• 打搶／打抢 (dǎqiǎng)
• 搶劫／抢劫 (qiǎngjié)
• 攔劫／拦劫 (lánjié)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 搶劫 (“to rob; to mug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搶劫, 行劫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搶劫
	Singapore	打搶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搶劫, 箍頸, 𢱕冰
	Hong Kong	打劫, 搶劫, 老笠
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打劫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搶劫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搶劫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搶劫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搶劫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搶劫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	劫搶
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍劫, 拍搶
	Quanzhou	拍劫
	Tainan	搶劫
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍搶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍搶
	Jieyang	拍劫, 打劫
	Batam (Teochew)	拍搶
	Leizhou	拍劫