Chinese symbol for “snipe”
狙击
jū jī
Traditional: 狙擊
to snipe (shoot from hiding)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for snipe is 狙击 (jū jī), defined as: to snipe (shoot from hiding).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “snipe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鵻 | zhuī | snipe; turtle-dove |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 狙击.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狙击手 (狙擊手) | jū jī shǒu | sniper; marksman |
| 狙刺 | jū cì | to stab from hiding |
| 猵狙 | piàn jū | mythical beast similar to an ape with dog's head |
| 攻击 (攻擊) | gōng jī | to attack; to accuse |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
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.