# 抢夺 (qiǎngduó)

In Mandarin Chinese, 抢夺 (qiǎngduó) means “to snatch; to seize by force; to plunder”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to snatch; to seize by force; to plunder
- Pinyin: qiǎngduó (qiang3 duo2)
- Traditional: 搶奪
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 小偷当街抢夺了她的背包。
  Xiǎotōu dāngjiē qiǎngduóle tā de bēibāo.
  The thief snatched her backpack right on the street.

## Characters

- [抢](https://hanziro.com/word/qiang-fight-over/) (qiǎng): to fight over; to rush
- [夺](https://hanziro.com/word/duo-seize/) (duó): to seize; to take by force

https://hanziro.com/word/qiang-duo-snatch/

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