席卷

席捲

xíjuǎn

verb #12,903

Meanings

1 to engulf; to sweep across; to carry away everything

Characters

to roll up; to sweep

Examples

HSK 6

台风席卷了整个沿海地区。

Táifēng xíjuǎn le zhěnggè yánhǎi dìqū.

The typhoon swept across the entire coastal region.

HSK 6

这股潮流正在席卷全球。

Zhè gǔ cháoliú zhèngzài xíjuǎn quánqiú.

This trend is sweeping across the globe.

Tips

memory

席 (mat/席子) + 卷 (to roll up) - imagine rolling up a mat and taking everything on it. Originally described an army sweeping through and taking everything like rolling up a straw mat.

Stroke Order

席 xí

卷 juǎn