抓 zhuā

1. zhuā verb catch; to arrest; to snatch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '抓'; Guoyu '抓' v 3; Unihan '抓')
2. zhuā verb to grab; to scoop up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '抓'; Guoyu '抓' v 2)
3. zhuā verb to control; to master; take advantage
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '抓' v 4)
4. zhuā verb to scratch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '抓'; Guoyu '抓' v 1; Unihan '抓')

Contained in

• 抓捕 to seize; to capture
• 抓去 to arrest and take away
• 抓紧(抓緊) to grasp
• 抓搔 to scratch an itch
• 猫抓病(貓抓病) cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
• 现抓(現抓) to improvise
• 抓力 grip
• 眉毛胡子一把抓(眉毛鬍子一把抓) careless; any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
• 头发胡子一把抓(頭髮鬍子一把抓) hair and beard all in one stroke; to handle different things by the same method; one method to solve all problems
• 抓子儿(抓子兒) kids' game involving throwing and grabbing
• 枷带锁抓(枷帶鎖抓) in stocks; in fetter for punishment
• 抓周 custom of placing a variety of articles before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up
• 抓药(抓藥) to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
• 抓挠(抓撓) to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel; to scramble to do; somebody or something that one can rely on
• 抓举(抓舉) snatch
• 抓狂 to blow one's top; to be driven mad; to become frantic
• 一抓一大把 a dime a dozen; a great deal of
• 抓地 grip on the road; roadholding
• 抓紧时间(抓緊時間) to snatch time; to rush; to hurry (up); to seize the moment
• 抓耳挠腮(抓耳撓腮) to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc)
• 抓获(抓獲) arrest
• 新疆手抓饭(新疆手抓飯) Xinjiang lamb rice
• 手抓饭(手抓飯) pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau
• 抓嫖 (of the police) to hunt prostitutes and their clients
• 抓辫子(抓辮子) to grab somebody by the pigtail; to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
• 抓痒(抓癢) to scratch an itch
• 抓取程序 spider or crawler bot (Internet)
• 抓紧学习(抓緊學習) to concentrate on studying hard
• 抓取 to seize
• 抓贼(抓賊) to catch a thief
• 抓小辫子(抓小辮子) to catch out
• 抓伤(抓傷) to injure by scratching or clawing
• 抓猴 to catch an adulterous man in the act
• 抓手 starting point; mechanical hand; gripper
• 乱抓(亂抓) to claw wildly; to scratch frantically; to arrest people indiscriminately
• 手抓羊肉 hand-held mutton
• 抓瞎 to be caught unprepared
• 一把抓 to attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance
• 抓哏 (of a comedian) to seize on something somebody has just said or done to make an ad lib joke
• 抓饭(抓飯) pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau
• 抓工夫 to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time
• 抓走 to arrest
• 抓功夫 to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time
• 主抓 to be in charge of; to concentrate on
• 抓拍 to capture (an image); to snap (a photo)
• 抓地力 traction
• 抓阄(抓鬮) to draw straws
• 抓包 to catch in the act
• 抓住 grab hold
• 抓奸(抓姦) to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 第二十回 Chapter 20 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第一百八回 Chapter 108 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
• 第二回 Chapter 9 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 70 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2

Collocations

• 抓起 (抓起) 也便抓起硯磚來要打回去 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 9 — count: 6
• 先抓 (先抓) 又命人去先抓果子與板兒吃 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 39 — count: 4
• 来抓 (來抓) 可知道將軍等不來抓雞縛狗 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百八回 Chapter 108 — count: 4
• 抓抓 (抓抓) 二人抓抓掗掗 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十八回 Chapter 58 — count: 4
• 抓扎 (抓扎) 下面抓扎起兩條黑魆魆毛腿 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十四回 Chapter 14 — count: 4
• 要抓 (要抓) 要抓那妖 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十二回 Chapter 22 — count: 3
• 抓寻 (抓尋) 正沒個抓尋 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 24 — count: 3
• 抓来 (抓來) 那個抓來就將水裡沃 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十二回 Chapter 22 — count: 3
• 去抓 (去抓) 彎下腰去抓那粉湯 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 3
• 人抓 (人抓) 二人抓抓掗掗 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十八回 Chapter 58 — count: 2