强攻 (qiáng gōng) — military assault; storming attack

Definition

noun

military assaultstorming attack

Measure word · 次

Easily confused

强攻，。
Bù duì fā dòng le qiáng gōng, xùn sù zhàn lǐng le gāo dì.
The troops launched an assault and quickly occupied the high ground.
强攻，。
Zhè cì qiáng gōng fēi cháng jī liè, shuāng fāng shāng wáng dōu hěn cǎn zhòng.
This assault was very fierce; both sides suffered heavy casualties.
强攻，。
Dí rén fā qǐ le yí cì měng liè de qiáng gōng, dàn bèi wǒ jūn jī tuì.
The enemy launched a fierce assault but was repelled by our army.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

强 means strong or forceful, and 攻 means attack, together describing a forceful military assault.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 強; 强 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 強 pairs an insect component with a sound component; this explains 強, not the simplified 强.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

工攵攻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand holding a tool or weapon

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

Same sound today

攻 puts 工, which gives the pronunciation, beside 攵, a hand holding a tool or weapon.