刷怪

shuāguài
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 6
Wǒ zài yěwài shuāguài shēngjí.
I'm grinding mobs in the wild to level up.
HSK 7-9
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