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Chinese symbol for “hustle”

抢生意
qiǎng shēng yi
Traditional: 搶生意
to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hustle is 抢生意 (qiǎng shēng yi), defined as: to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

抢 qiǎng
urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
意 yi
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抢生意.

WordPinyinMeaning
抢劫 (搶劫)qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
抢救 (搶救)qiǎng jiùto rescue
抢夺 (搶奪)qiǎng duóto plunder; to pillage
抢先 (搶先)qiǎng xiānto rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first
抢走 (搶走)qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
抢购 (搶購)qiǎng gòuto buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to

See also: Japanese symbol for “hustle”.

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.