入侵 (rù qīn): to invade

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to invade
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to invade

Chinese explanation

指一个国家或军队用武力强行进入别的国家或地区，侵犯其领土和主权
也泛指外来的事物或势力进入并干扰某个领域，如外来物种入侵、病毒入侵人体。

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HSK 4

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In 218 BC, a Roman general led his army to invade Sicily, and the islanders rose up in resistance.

Late at night, a group of hackers tried to invade the hospital's computer system, but fortunately the security software stopped their attack in time.

The neighbor's cat often invades my garden and tramples the newly planted seedlings into a mess.

Mongol cavalry invaded the Central Plains many times, but in the end they were always repelled by the combined forces of the soldiers and civilians there.

After these exotic plants invaded the local forest, they robbed the nutrients, causing many native tree species to gradually disappear.

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