捉 zhuō
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 足 foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
捉迷藏
zhuōmícáng
hide-and-seek; to hide and evade
Characters in this word
迷 mí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 米 rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
藏 cáng
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 臧 good, right
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子们在院子里捉迷藏，笑声一直传到楼上。 Háizimen zài yuànzi lǐ zhuōmícáng, xiàoshēng yìzhí chuán dào lóushàng. The children played hide-and-seek in the courtyard, and their laughter carried upstairs.
- 我小时候常和邻居的朋友一起捉迷藏。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhòu cháng hé línjū de péngyou yìqǐ zhuōmícáng. When I was little, I often played hide-and-seek with the neighbors' kids.
- 天黑了，妈妈让孩子们别再捉迷藏了。 Tiān hēi le, māma ràng háizimen bié zài zhuōmícáng le. It got dark, and Mom told the children to stop playing hide-and-seek.
Related words
- 捉 zhuō to catch, to capture
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō to catch; to capture; to grasp
- 歌迷 gēmí fan of a singer
- 迷 mí fan; to be lost
- 球迷 qiúmí sports fan
- 迷人 mírén charming
- 迷信 míxìn superstitious; superstition
- 沉迷 chénmí to be obsessed with; addicted to
- 痴迷 chīmí to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with
- 低迷 dīmí sluggish; depressed
- 昏迷 hūnmí to be unconscious; to be in a coma
- 迷惑 míhuò confused; to confuse