Grasp in Chinese
to grasp · HSK 5
握
他手里握着一支笔。 He is holding a pen in his hand.
Other ways to say grasp
More words with 握
How do you say grasp in Chinese?
Grasp in Chinese is 握 (wò). You can also say 把握 (bǎ wò), 掌握 (zhǎng wò), 把 (bǎ), 捉 (zhuō).
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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