Catch in Chinese
to catch · HSK 6
捉
小猫在院子里捉老鼠。 The kitten is catching mice in the yard.
Other ways to say catch
How do you say catch in Chinese?
Catch in Chinese is 捉 (zhuō). You can also say 捕 (bǔ), 着 (zháo), 接着 (jiē zhe), 抓 (zhuā).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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