Chinese symbol for “emergency”
抢险
qiǎng xiǎn
Traditional: 搶險
emergency (measures); to react to an emergency
The closest CC-CEDICT match for emergency is 抢险 (qiǎng xiǎn), defined as: emergency (measures); to react to an emergency.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “emergency”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突发事件 (突發事件) | tū fā shì jiàn | emergency; sudden occurrence |
| 紧急事件 (緊急事件) | jǐn jí shì jiàn | emergency |
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
| 应急 (應急) | yìng jí | to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency |
| 急难 (急難) | jí nàn | misfortune; crisis |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抢险.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢劫 (搶劫) | qiǎng jié | to rob; looting |
| 抢救 (搶救) | qiǎng jiù | to rescue |
| 抢夺 (搶奪) | qiǎng duó | to plunder; to pillage |
| 抢先 (搶先) | qiǎng xiān | to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first |
| 抢走 (搶走) | qiǎng zǒu | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) |
| 抢购 (搶購) | qiǎng gòu | to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) |
| 危险 (危險) | wēi xiǎn | danger; dangerous |
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “emergency”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.