行劫

行劫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ gip³
• Min Nan (POJ): hêng-kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíngjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngjié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ gip³
    • Yale: hàhng gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ kiːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (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

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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
Mandarin	Taiwan	搶劫
	Singapore	打搶
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打劫, 搶劫, 老笠
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打劫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搶劫
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	搶劫
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	搶劫
	Dongshi (Dabu)	搶劫
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	搶劫
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	劫搶
Min Nan	Xiamen	拍劫, 拍搶
	Quanzhou	拍劫
	Taipei	搶劫 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍搶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍搶
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)