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Meaning of 捕

Pinyin bǔ

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to catch / to seize / to capture / to catch

Usage

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捕 [bǔ] 1. To catch; to arrest. - 例如：捉捕 (to catch), 捕获 (to capture), 捕杀 (to hunt), 巡捕 (patrol), 缉捕 (to apprehend), 捕风捉影 (to chase after shadows). 2. Same as the original meaning (to catch; to arrest). 引： 1. 《说文》：捕，取也。 (Shuōwén: "Bǔ" means "to take".) 2. 《汉书·灌夫传》：遣吏分曹逐捕诸灌氏支属。 (Han Shu: "Send officials to pursue and catch the associates of Guan."). 3. 《汉书·韩延寿传》：吏无追甫之苦。 (Han Shu: "Officials do not have the trouble of pursuing Fu.") 4. 《急就篇》：变斗杀伤捕伍邻。 (Jíjiù Piān: "Transform combat into injury and capture neighbors.") 5. 文天祥《指南录·后序》：至高邮，制府檄下，几以捕系死。(Wen Tianxiang: "Upon reaching Gaozhou, the government order almost led to capturing and execution.") 6. 《史记·吴王濞列传》：他郡国吏欲来捕亡人者，讼共禁弗予。(Shiji: "Officials from other states wanting to capture fugitives are restricted from doing so.") 7. 《庄子·秋水》：捕鼠不如狸狌。(Zhuangzi: "To catch mice is not as good as the weasel.") 8. 《周髀算经》：捕影而视之。(Zhoubi: "Capture the shadow and look at it.") 9. 晋· 陶渊明《桃花源记》：武陵人捕鱼为业。(Tao Yuanming: "People in Wuling engaged in fishing.") 10. 清· 梁启超《谭嗣同传》：捕者既不至。(Liang Qichao: "The capturer has not yet arrived.") 11. 唐· 柳宗元《捕蛇者说》：而吾以捕蛇独存。(Liu Zongyuan: "I alone survive by catching snakes.") 例： - 如: 捕鱼 (to fish); 捕快 (an official responsible for catching bandits); 捕书 (a clerk responsible for catching criminals in local government in the Qing dynasty); 捕生 (to capture wild animals). 2. To seek; to pursue. - 引： 1. 清· 梁启超《谭嗣同传》：而抄捕南海馆之报忽至。 (Liang Qichao: "And suddenly the report of capturing Nanhai Guan arrived.") 2. 《汉书·李广苏建传》：诏使孺卿逐捕。 (Han Shu: "The edict commands Ruqing to pursue and capture.") - 例：如: 捕援 (to seek recommendations). 捕 [bǔ] 名词： 1. An official in charge of apprehension in ancient times (policeman). - 例：如: 捕厅 (the assisting officials in a state or county government); 捕头 (the chief of the police). 2. A surname.

巡捕 xún bǔ

to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)

捕捉 bǔ zhuō

to catch / to seize / to capture

被捕 bèi bǔ

to be arrested / under arrest

抓捕 zhuā bǔ

to seize / to capture

拒捕 jù bǔ

to resist arrest

拘捕 jū bǔ

to arrest

捕风捉影 bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng

lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence

逮捕 dài bǔ

to arrest / to apprehend / an arrest

捕捞 bǔ lāo

to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch

捕鱼 bǔ yú

to catch fish / to fish

捕食 bǔ shí

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

捕获 bǔ huò

to catch / to capture / to seize

搜捕 sōu bǔ

to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt

捕获量 bǔ huò liàng

catch / take

缉捕 jī bǔ

to seize / to apprehend / an arrest

禁捕 jìn bǔ

Ban

捕快 bǔ kuài

bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in Imperial China)

捕杀 bǔ shā

to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)

追捕 zhuī bǔ

to pursue / to be after / to hunt down

捕猎 bǔ liè

hunting

捕鲸 bǔ jīng

whaling

捕捞业 bǔ lāo yè

fishing industry

捕俘 bǔ fú

to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)

螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

诱捕 yòu bǔ

to lure into a trap / to trap / to capture

逮捕令 dài bǔ lìng

writ of arrest / warrant of arrest

逮捕证 dài bǔ zhèng

arrest warrant

捕鲸船 bǔ jīng chuán

whaler / whale catcher