捕 bǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 甫 to begin
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
捕
bǔ
to catch, to capture
Character
Example phrases
- 这种鸟受到保护，任何人不得私自捕捉。 Zhè zhǒng niǎo shòudào bǎohù, rènhé rén bùdé sīzì bǔzhuō. This kind of bird is protected, and no one may catch it privately.
- 渔民们每天清晨都要出海捕鱼。 Yúmínmen měitiān qīngchén dōu yào chūhǎi bǔ yú. Every morning at dawn the fishermen go out to sea to catch fish.
- 小猫趴在窗边，一心想捕那只飞来飞去的蝴蝶。 Xiǎomāo pā zài chuāng biān, yìxīn xiǎng bǔ nà zhī fēilái fēiqù de húdié. The kitten lay by the window, set on catching that butterfly fluttering back and forth.
Related words
- 捕获 bǔhuò to capture; to catch; to acquire
- 捕食 bǔshí to prey on; to hunt for food
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō to catch; to capture; to grasp
- 逮捕 dàibǔ to arrest; arrest
- 捉 zhuō to catch, to capture
- 扑 pū to pounce on
- 钻 zuān to drill, to go into
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 落地 luòdì to land
- 转 zhuàn to turn, to revolve
- 滑行 huáxíng to glide, to slide