捉
to clutch, to grasp, to seize; to clutch; to grab; to capture
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- zhuō
Parts
Words with 捉
- 捉住zhuō zhù · zhuozhuto catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
- 捉取zhuō qǔ · zhuoquto capture
- 捉奸zhuō jiān · zhuojianto catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
- 捉对zhuō duì · zhuoduito pair off (for a confrontation)
- 捉弄zhuō nòng · zhuonongto tease
- 捉急zhuō jí · zhuojihumorous pronunciation of 著急|着急[zhao2 ji2]
- 捉拿zhuō ná · zhuonato arrest; to catch a criminal
- 捉捕zhuō bǔ · zhuobuto arrest; to seize; to capture
- 捉摸zhuō mō · zhuomoto fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
- 捉获zhuō huò · zhuohuoto capture
- 捕捉bǔ zhuō · buzhuoto catch; to seize; to capture
- 活捉huó zhuō · huozhuoto capture alive
- 捉捕器zhuō bǔ qì · zhuobuqitrap (for animals etc)
- 捉迷藏zhuō mí cáng · zhuomicangto play hide-and-seek
- 捉拿归案zhuō ná guī àn · zhuonaguianto bring to justice
- 捉摸不定zhuō mō bù dìng · zhuomobuding(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
- 捉襟见肘zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu · zhuojinjianzhoulit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet
- 捕风捉影bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng · bufengzhuoyinglit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence
- 瓮中捉鳖wèng zhōng zhuō biē · wengzhongzhuobie(lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey
- 贼喊捉贼zéi hǎn zhuō zéi · zeihanzhuozeilit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom); fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself; to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
- 关门捉贼guān mén zhuō zéi · guanmenzhuozeito catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
- 难以捉摸nán yǐ zhuō mō · nanyizhuomoelusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
- 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què · biseyanjingzhuomaquelit. 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 māo · buguanbaimaoheimao,zhuozhulaoshujiushihaomaoit doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)