The Chinese word 突袭 (tūxí) is a compound term formed by combining two characters: 突 (tū), meaning "sudden" or "abrupt", and 袭 (xí), meaning "to raid" or "to attack". Together, they create a modifier-verb structure where 突 acts as an adverbial modifier describing the manner of the action, and 袭 is the core verb. The compound semantically means "to attack suddenly" or "a surprise attack", where the first character specifies the sudden, unexpected nature of the assault denoted by the second character, following a common pattern in Chinese for creating precise, descriptive verbs.