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逮

dài

HSK 6 Character

What 逮 means

1. literaryto reach
2. used in {逮捕|dài bǔ} (Taiwan pr. dǎi)

Other readings

逮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dǎito catch; to seize; to capture

Example sentences

• 逮到了。
  Hunted.
• 我被逮捕了。
  I got arrested.
• 他会被逮捕。
  He'll be arrested.
• 徒手逮兔挺难。
  Túshǒu dǎi tù tǐng nán.
  It's difficult to catch a rabbit with your bare hands.
• 犯人被逮捕了。
  The criminal was arrested.
• 汤姆被逮捕了。
  Tom was arrested.

Words starting with 逮

• 逮捕dài bǔto arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. dǎi bǔ

Words containing 逮

• 力有未逮lì yǒu wèi dàibeyond one's reach or power (to do sth)
• 不逮捕特权bù dài bǔ tè quánthe right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the…
• 狗逮老鼠gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔlit. a dog who catches mice (idiom); fig. to be meddlesome

Characters that look like 逮

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

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 途túway; route; road
• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam