厮搏

廝搏

sībó

verb

Meanings

1 to come to blows; to grapple; to tussle

Characters

mutually; (literary) servant

to wrestle; to fight

Examples

HSK 6

两人在街头厮搏起来。

Liǎng rén zài jiētóu sībó qǐlái.

The two of them came to blows in the street.

HSK 7-9

战士们与敌人浴血厮搏。

Zhànshì men yǔ dírén yùxuè sībó.

The soldiers grappled with the enemy in bloody combat.

Tips

register

Literary/dramatic. 厮 here is a reciprocal prefix ('mutually'), as in 厮打/厮杀. Most common in fiction, martial arts novels, and historical drama, rarely in everyday speech.

Stroke Order

厮 sī

搏 bó