Chinese word dictionary

捕快

bǔ kuài · bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)

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Word information

Simplified捕快

Traditional捕快

Pinyinbǔ kuài

Part of speechDictionary

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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

快kuài

speedy, rapid, quick; soon

How to learn 捕快

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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快kuài

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

快乐kuàilè

happy; joyful

快要kuàiyào

nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

凉快liángkuai

pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out

赶快gǎnkuài

quickly; at once

加快jiākuài

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten