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捕

bǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 捕 means

1. to catch; to seize; to capture

Example sentences

• 我被逮捕了。
  I got arrested.
• 他会被逮捕。
  He'll be arrested.
• 他是捕鱼达人。
  Tā shì bǔyú dárén.
  He is an expert at fishing.
• 犯人被逮捕了。
  The criminal was arrested.
• 汤姆被逮捕了。
  Tom was arrested.
• 萨米被逮捕了。
  Sammy was arrested.

Words starting with 捕

• 捕捉bǔ zhuōto catch; to seize; to capture
• 捕鱼bǔ yúto catch fish; to fish
• 捕获bǔ huòto catch; to capture; to seize
• 捕杀bǔ shāto hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
• 捕捞bǔ lāoto fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch
• 捕猎bǔ lièto catch (wild animals); to hunt
• 捕快bǔ kuàibailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
• 捕手bǔ shǒucatcher
• 捕拿bǔ náto arrest; to capture; to catch
• 捕头bǔ tóuhead constable (in imperial China)
• 捕食bǔ shíto prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food
• 捕食者bǔ shí zhěpredator
• 捕虫叶bǔ chóng yèinsect-catching leaf
• 捕鼠bǔ shǔto catch mice
• 捕鼠器bǔ shǔ qìmousetrap
• 捕风捉影bǔ fēng zhuō yǐnglit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations…
• 捕俘bǔ fúto capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)
• 捕鲸bǔ jīngto whale; to hunt whales
• 捕鲸船bǔ jīng chuánwhaler; whaling vessel
• 捕鸟蛛bǔ niǎo zhūtarantula
• 捕禽人bǔ qín rénbirdcatcher; fowler
• 捕虏岩bǔ lǔ yánxenolith (geology)
• 捕蝇草bǔ yíng cǎoVenus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Words containing 捕

• 逮捕dài bǔto arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. dǎi bǔ
• 被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest
• 抓捕zhuā bǔto seize; to capture
• 追捕zhuī bǔto pursue; to be after; to hunt down
• 拘捕jū bǔto arrest
• 搜捕sōu bǔto hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt
• 巡捕xún bǔto patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)
• 围捕wéi bǔto fish by casting a net; to capture; to surround and seize
• 批捕pī bǔto authorize an arrest
• 拒捕jù bǔto resist arrest
• 拿捕ná bǔto detain; to apprehend; to capture
• 比捕bǐ bǔ(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal; Taiwan pr. bì bǔ
• 不逮捕特权bù dài bǔ tè quánthe right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the…
• 巡捕房xún bǔ fáng(old) police station in a foreign concession 租界
• 猎捕liè bǔto hunt; hunting
• 诱捕yòu bǔto trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap
• 捉捕zhuō bǔto arrest; to seize; to capture
• 捉捕器zhuō bǔ qìtrap (for animals etc)
• 缉捕jī bǔto seize; to apprehend; an arrest
• 纹背捕蛛鸟wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
• 长嘴捕蛛鸟cháng zuǐ bǔ zhū niǎo(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
• 兜捕dōu bǔto round up (fugitives); to corner and arrest
• 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind…
• 望风捕影wàng fēng bǔ yǐngsee 捕风捉影

Characters built on 甫

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

• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 埔bùused in place names
• 哺bǔto feed
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 匍púused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 捕

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

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 掮qiánto carry on the shoulder

Sounds the same

Read bǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 补to repair; to patch; to mend
• 哺to feed
• 卜(bound form) to divine
• 堡village (used in place names)
• 卟used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉
• 𬷕used in 地𬷕dì bǔ