捉
zhuō
to clutch
to grab; to capture
猫捉住了一只小老鼠。
māo zhuō zhù le yī zhī xiǎo lǎoshǔ。
The cat caught a small mouse.
警察终于捉到了那个小偷。
jǐngchá zhōngyú zhuō dào le nà ge xiǎotōu。
The police finally captured that thief.
Words with 捉
捉住
zhuō zhù
to catch
捕捉
bǔ zhuō
to catch; to seize; to capture
活捉
huó zhuō
to capture alive
捉迷藏
zhuō mí cáng
to play hide-and-seek
闭塞眼睛捉麻雀
bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què
lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
关门捉贼
guān mén zhuō zéi
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
难以捉摸
nán yǐ zhuō mō
elusive
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
捉捕
zhuō bǔ
to arrest
捉取
zhuō qǔ
to capture
捉奸
zhuō jiān
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
捉对
zhuō duì
to pair off (for a confrontation)