逮 dǎi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 隶 subservient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逮
dǎi
to catch; to seize
Character
Example phrases
- 保安在监控室里逮住了那个反复偷换标签的人。 Bǎoān zài jiānkòngshì lǐ dǎi zhù le nà ge fǎnfù tōuhuàn biāoqiān de rén. The security guard caught the person who had repeatedly swapped labels in the monitoring room.
- 小孩在花园里逮蝴蝶，跑得满头大汗。 Xiǎohái zài huāyuán lǐ dǎi húdié, pǎo de mǎn tóu dà hàn. A child is catching butterflies in the garden, running until sweat covers his head.
- 警察昨天逮住了那个小偷。 Jǐngchá zuótiān dǎi zhù le nà ge xiǎotōu. The police caught that thief yesterday.
Related words
- 逮捕 dàibǔ to arrest; arrest
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō to catch; to capture; to grasp
- 捶 chuí to beat; to pound with the fist
- 勾 gōu to hook; to tick; to evoke
- 戳 chuō to poke; to jab; stamp or seal
- 蹭 cèng to rub against; to scrape; to cadge
- 搓 cuō to rub; to twist with the hands
- 缠 chán to entangle; to pester
- 揣 chuāi to tuck; to carry in one’s clothes
- 缠绕 chánrào to twine around; to be intertwined
- 搀 chān to support someone by the arm
- 抵 dǐ to withstand; to offset; to pledge