射击 shèjī to shoot
to shoot; to fire (a gun)
How to remember 射击: 射 to shoot + 击 to strike = to shoot.
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How it is used
- To shoot / fire a gun; also the sport of shooting: 射击比赛 (shèjī bǐsài) a shooting competition, 向目标射击 (fire at the target).
- Distinguish from 拍摄 (pāishè, to shoot/film) and 投篮 (shoot a basketball); 射击 is firing a weapon.
- Military, hunting, and sport-shooting contexts.
Example sentences
- 停止射击。 Tíngzhǐ shèjī.Stop shooting.