We captured the thief.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
捉住
to catch
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to catch
02
to grapple with
03
to hold onto
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 捉住 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 捉住 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 捉住.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 捉住.
Directly before
- 野生动物捉住1
- 小偷捉住1
Directly after
- 捉住了2
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 捉住
What does 捉住 mean in Chinese?
捉住 (zhuōzhù) means to catch.
How do you pronounce 捉住?
捉住 is pronounced zhuōzhù.
Is 捉住 an HSK word?
捉住 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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