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把握

bǎ wò

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

把握 (bǎ wò) means "confidence/certainty (in doing something); to grasp". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 把握 means

1. to grasp (also fig.)
2. to seize
3. to hold
4. assurance
5. certainty
6. sure (of the outcome)

The characters in 把握

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control

Example sentences

• 好好把握这个机会。
  Make good use of this opportunity.
• 你要好好把握这个时机。
  Nǐ yàohǎo hǎo bǎwò zhège shíjī.
  You should make good use of this opportunity.
• 我很后悔当时没有把握机会认识她。
  Wǒ hěn hòuhuǐ dāngshí méiyǒu bǎwò jīhuì rènshi tā.
  I regret missing the chance to meet her.
• 买房要量力而行，但也要把握时机。
  Mǎifáng yào liànglì'érxíng, dàn yě yào bǎwò shíjī.
  One needs to buy a house that's within one's means, but one also needs to grasp an opportunity.
• 你所要做的便是好好把握这千载难逢的机会。
  Nǐ suǒ yào zuò de biànshì hǎohǎo bǎwò zhè qiānzǎinánféng de jīhuì.
  All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.
• 勇气是一个奇怪的东西：没有任何人对它有把握
  Yǒngqì shì yī gè qíguài de dōngxi: méiyǒu rènhé rén duì tā yǒu bǎwò
  Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it.

Words containing 把握

• 无把握wú bǎ wòuncertain

Where 把握 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ability, Achievement & Excellence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎ wò correctly.
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