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捉

zhuō

HSK 6 Character

What 捉 means

1. to clutch
2. to grab
3. to capture

Example sentences

• 来玩捉迷藏吧！
  Lái wán zhuōmícáng ba!
  Let's play hide-and-seek!
• 我捉了两条鱼。
  I caught two fish.
• 不要捉弄老人家。
  Bù yào zhuōnòng lǎorénjiā.
  Don't make fun of old people.
• 我们把小偷捉住了。
  Wǒmen bǎ xiǎotōu zhuōzhù le.
  We captured the thief.
• 咱们玩儿捉迷藏吧。
  Zánmen wánr zhuōmícáng ba.
  Let's play a game of blind man's buff.
• 他们利用陷阱捕捉狐狸。
  Tāmen lìyòng xiànjǐng bǔzhuō húli.
  Using a trap, they caught the fox.

Words starting with 捉

• 捉住zhuō zhùto catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
• 捉弄zhuō nòngto tease
• 捉摸zhuō mōto fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
• 捉迷藏zhuō mí cángto play hide-and-seek
• 捉拿zhuō náto arrest; to catch a criminal
• 捉襟见肘zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒulit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash…
• 捉取zhuō qǔto capture
• 捉奸zhuō jiānto catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
• 捉对zhuō duìto pair off (for a confrontation)
• 捉急zhuō jíhumorous pronunciation of 着急
• 捉捕zhuō bǔto arrest; to seize; to capture
• 捉获zhuō huòto capture
• 捉捕器zhuō bǔ qìtrap (for animals etc)
• 捉拿归案zhuō ná guī ànto bring to justice
• 捉摸不定zhuō mō bù dìng(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

Words containing 捉

• 捕捉bǔ zhuōto catch; to seize; to capture
• 活捉huó zhuōto capture alive
• 捕风捉影bǔ fēng zhuō yǐnglit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations…
• 难以捉摸nán yǐ zhuō mōelusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
• 贼喊捉贼zéi hǎn zhuō zéilit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom); fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to…
• 关门捉贼guān mén zhuō zéito catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
• 瓮中捉鳖wèng zhōng zhuō biē(lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey
• 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má quèlit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom); fig. to act blindly
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māoit doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good…

Characters built on 足

These share the phonetic component 足 (zú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 跺duòto stamp one's feet
• 踱duóto pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 龊chuòused in 龌龊
• 蹉cuōto error; to slip; to miss
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time
• 踔chuōto get ahead; to stride; to excel

Characters that look like 捉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 捏niēto hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers)
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 捱áivariant of 挨

Sounds the same

Read zhuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桌table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
• 拙awkward; clumsy; dull
• 涿used in place names
• 倬noticeable; large; clear
• 棁(wooden) stick; roof beam
• 棹variant of 桌
• 蝃see 蝃蝥