verb #25,404

Meanings

  1. 1 to lie in ambush
  2. 2 to spy on
  3. 3 (literary) macaque

Examples

Shìbīng zài shùcóng zhōng jūjī dírén.
Soldiers sniped at the enemy from the bushes.
Jūjī shǒu yǐncáng zài gāochù, děngdài shíjī.
The sniper hid in a high position, waiting for the right moment.

Tips

usage
alone is literary. In modern usage it most commonly appears in compounds: 狙击 (jūjī, to snipe) and 狙击手 (jūjī shǒu, sniper). The standalone character is rarely used in everyday speech.

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