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抓贼

zhuāzéi

to catch a thief

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to catch a thief

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 抓贼 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 抓贼 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

抓贼啊!zhuā zéi a!

Grab the thief!

抓贼, 别让他跑了!zhuā zéi, bié ràng tā pǎo le!

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 抓贼.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 抓贼.

Directly before

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

Directly after

  • 抓贼啊1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 抓贼

What does 抓贼 mean in Chinese?

抓贼 (zhuāzéi) means to catch a thief.

How do you pronounce 抓贼?

抓贼 is pronounced zhuāzéi.

Is 抓贼 an HSK word?

抓贼 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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