The Chinese word **空袭** (kōngxí, meaning "air raid") is a compound formed by combining two characters: **空** (kōng), which means "air" or "sky," and **袭** (xí), which means "to raid" or "to attack." It follows a common modifier-noun/verb structure in Chinese word formation, where the first element **空** specifies the domain or medium ("air") and the second element **袭** provides the core action ("attack"), resulting in the specific meaning of an attack conducted from the air.