HSK 6 · Society

逮捕 dàibǔ “to arrest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 逮捕 means

  1. to arrest
  2. to apprehend
  3. to take into custody

How to say 逮捕

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale逮dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捕bǔ3rd tone, dipping

逮捕 in a sentence

  1. 你凭什么逮捕我？

    Nǐ píng shénme dàibǔ wǒ?

    On what grounds are you arresting me?

    Sentence #2006605 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 汤姆因无证驾驶而被逮捕。

    Tāngmǔ yīn wú zhèng jiàshǐ ér bèi dàibǔ.

    Tom was arrested for driving without a licence.

    Sentence #10157027 from Tatoeba

  3. 我被逮捕了。

    Wǒ bèi dàibǔ le.

    I was arrested.

    Sentence #3718963 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 逮捕 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 逮 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
逮dàito reach
  • 隶slave · lìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 隶 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with dài.

The character 捕 (bǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 甫to begin · fǔSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 甫 (fǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǔ.

How to write 逮捕

逮 11 strokes · 捕 10 strokes

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逮捕 (dàibǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 逮捕 (dàibǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 逮捕

Words with 捕

捕捉bǔzhuō · to catch

More words: Society & Law

处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action慈善císhàn · charity大臣dàchén · minister (of a monarchy)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court歹徒dǎitú · criminal党dǎng · (political) party当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected

FAQs

逮捕 (dàibǔ) means “to arrest” or “to apprehend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàibǔ: dài with a 4th tone, then bǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 逮捕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daibu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逮捕 from the suggestions. Typing daibu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逮捕 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.