The police officers arrested the burglar.
拘捕
to arrest
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Meaning and common use
to arrest
How 拘捕 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 拘捕 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 拘捕.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 拘捕.
Directly before
- 警察拘捕1
- 被拘捕1
Directly after
- 拘捕了1
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.
About 拘捕
What does 拘捕 mean in Chinese?
拘捕 (jūbǔ) means to arrest.
How do you pronounce 拘捕?
拘捕 is pronounced jūbǔ.
Is 拘捕 an HSK word?
拘捕 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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