Chinese symbol for “pillage”
洗劫
xǐ jié
to loot; to ransack; to pillage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pillage is 洗劫 (xǐ jié), defined as: to loot; to ransack; to pillage.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pillage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掳掠 (擄掠) | lǔ lüè | to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts) |
| 抢夺 (搶奪) | qiǎng duó | to plunder; to pillage |
| 掠取 | lüè qǔ | to plunder; to pillage |
| 攫夺 (攫奪) | jué duó | to seize; to pillage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 洗劫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清洗 | qīng xǐ | to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) |
| 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 洗脑 (洗腦) | xǐ nǎo | to brainwash |
| 洗礼 (洗禮) | xǐ lǐ | (lit. and fig.) baptism |
| 洗衣机 (洗衣機) | xǐ yī jī | washing machine; washer; 台 (tái) |
| 抢劫 (搶劫) | qiǎng jié | to rob; looting |
| 劫持 | jié chí | to kidnap; to hijack |
| 浩劫 | hào jié | calamity; catastrophe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pillage”.
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.