刷怪

shuāguài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to grind mobs (kill respawning monsters for XP/loot)
  2. 2 to farm enemies (gaming)

Examples

Wǒ zài yěwài shuāguài shēngjí.
I'm grinding mobs in the wild to level up.
Zhè ge fùběn shuāguài diào zhuāngbèi de gàilǜ tǐng gāo de.
Mob drops in this dungeon have a pretty high gear-rate.

Tips

usage
in gaming means 'to repeatedly do an activity for rewards'. Family of related verbs: 刷副本 (run dungeons), BOSS (boss farm), 刷材料 (farm materials), 刷经验 (grind XP), 刷成就 (achievement hunt). = 怪物 (monster/mob).
register
Casual gaming slang. Universal across MMOs, ARPGs (e.g. 暗黑破坏神 Diablo), and gacha games. Non-gamers may not know it, but anyone playing online RPGs in Chinese will use 刷怪 daily.

Stroke Order

shuā
guài