Chinese word dictionary

捕俘

bǔ fú · to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)

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Word information

Simplified捕俘

Traditional捕俘

Pinyinbǔ fú

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

捕bǔ

to arrest, to catch, to seize

俘fú

prisoner of war; take as prisoner

How to learn 捕俘

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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捕bǔ

to catch; to seize; to capture

捕获bǔhuò

to catch; to capture; to seize

捕食bǔshí

to prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food

捕捉bǔzhuō

to catch; to seize; to capture

逮捕dàibǔ

to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]

俘获fúhuò

to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)