Chinese word dictionary

捕拿

bǔ ná · to arrest; to capture; to catch

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Word information

Simplified捕拿

Traditional捕拿

Pinyinbǔ ná

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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捕bǔ

to arrest, to catch, to seize

拿ná

to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take

How to learn 捕拿

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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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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拿ná

old variant of 拿[na2]; to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object); variant of 拿[na2]

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]