进攻
jìngōng
to attack, to assault
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 军队向敌人发起了进攻。The army launched an attack on the enemy.
- 我们队下半场加强了进攻。Our team stepped up the attack in the second half.
Collocations
发起进攻加强进攻全面进攻进攻和防守
Mnemonic
进 jìn "to advance" + 攻 gōng "to attack": to advance and attack, i.e. to launch an assault on an enemy or opponent. Used in war and sport. Antonyms: 防守 (fángshǒu, to defend) and 防御 (fángyù, defense). The 攻 is in 攻击 (to attack) and 攻克 (to capture). (The Korean homophone jin-gong 眞空 "vacuum" is a different word.)
Related
攻击进攻防守攻打
Quick check
What is an antonym of 进攻?