捉 zhuō
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zhuō
verb
to clutch; to grab
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 握住 or 拿 (Guoyu '捉' v 1; Kroll 2015 '捉' 1; Unihan '捉') -
zhuō
verb
to catch; to capture; to seize
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 抓住 (Guoyu '捉' v 2; Kroll 2015 '捉' 1b; Unihan '捉') -
zhuō
verb
to tease
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 捉弄 (Guoyu '捉' v 3)
Contained in
- 捉拿 to arrest; to catch a criminal
- 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
- 捉摸 to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
- 捉获(捉獲) to capture
- 捉住 to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
- 捉急 to be nervous
- 瓮中捉鳖(甕中捉鱉) to catch a turtle in a jar; to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot
- 捕风捉影(捕風捉影) chasing the wind and clutching at shadows
- 捉迷藏 to play hide-and-seek ; to try to confuse
- 捉奸(捉姦) to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
- 捉弄 to tease
- 捉捕 to arrest; to seize; to capture
- 捉捕器 trap (for animals etc)
- 难以捉摸(難以捉摸) elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
- 捉襟见肘(捉襟見肘) holding lapels to expose your elbows; cash strapped
- 捕捉 to catch; to seize; to capture ; to seek
- 关门捉贼(關門捉賊) to catch a thief by closing his escape route
- 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀(閉塞眼睛捉麻雀) to catch sparrows blindfolded; to act blindly
- 捉取 to capture
- 捉拿归案(捉拿歸案) to bring to justice
- 活捉 to capture [alive]
- 捉虎擒蛟 [able to] grab a tiger and capture a dragon
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷四十 志第三十 地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 31
- 卷一百四十六 志8: 食貨志 Volume 146: Treatises 8 Finance and Economics Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 16
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
- 卷三十九 志第二十九 地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
- 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第十八回 Chapter 18 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
Collocations
- 捉刀 (捉刀) 捉刀左右十餘亦省 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十二 列傳第三 豫章文獻王 Volume 22 Biographies 3: Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang — count: 6
- 捉麈尾 (捉麈尾) 令人捉麈尾登屋復魂 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十一 列傳第二十二 張融 周顒 Volume 41 Biographies 22: Zhang Rong, Zhou Yong — count: 4
- 捉黎 (捉黎) 捉黎陽關 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷31 列傳第23 韋孝寬 韋敻 梁士彥 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wei Xiaokuan; Wei Xiong; Liang Shiyan — count: 3
- 捉发 (捉髮) 捉髮走出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 捉送 (捉送) 輒捉送州 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷89 酷吏:于洛侯 胡泥 李洪之 高遵張赦提 羊祉 崔暹 郦道元 Volume 89: Cruel Officals - Yu Luohou, Hu Ni, Li Hongzhi, Gaozun Zhang Sheti, Yang Zhi, Cui Xian, Li Dao Yun — count: 3
- 捉马 (捉馬) 北徼捉馬最驍勁 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十三 蜀書十三 黃李呂馬王張傳 Volume 43: Book of Shu 13 - Biographies of Huang, Li, Lü, Ma, Wang, and Zhang — count: 3
- 捉笔 (捉筆) 且吾不捉筆已四十年 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan — count: 2
- 捉兵 (捉兵) 兼領舊將淮北捉兵 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四三 列傳第三五 李稚廉 封述 許惇 羊烈 源彪 Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Zhilian; Feng Shu; Xu Dun; Yang Lie; Yuan Biao — count: 2
- 捉玉 (捉玉) 每捉玉柄麈尾 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三 列傳第十三 山濤 王戎 郭舒 樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 2
- 好捉 (好捉) 而瑉好捉白團扇 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十三 志第十三 樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two — count: 2