HSK 6 · Verbs

捕捉 bǔzhuō “to catch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 捕捉 means

  1. to catch
  2. to capture
  3. to seize

How to say 捕捉

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捕bǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale捉zhuō1st tone, high and level

捕捉 in a sentence

  1. 他们利用陷阱捕捉狐狸。

    Tāmen lìyòng xiànjǐng bǔzhuō húli.

    They used a trap to catch the fox.

    Sentence #429387 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 捕捉 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 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.

The character 捉 (zhuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
捉zhuōto clutch
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 足foot · zúSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 足 (zú) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuō.

How to write 捕捉

捕 10 strokes · 捉 10 strokes

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

Words related to 捕捉

Words with 捕

逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest

More words: Common Verbs

搏斗bódòu · to fight补救bǔjiù · to remedy部署bùshǔ · to deploy布置bùzhì · to arrange采集cǎijí · to gather残留cánliú · to remain操练cāoliàn · to drill操纵cāozòng · to control

FAQs

捕捉 (bǔzhuō) means “to catch” or “to capture”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǔzhuō: bǔ with a 3rd tone, then zhuō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 捕捉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buzhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捕捉 from the suggestions. Typing buzhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捕捉 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.