"捕" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /pu²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pʰu⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /puɔ²⁴²/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pɔ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Sinological-IPA, Taipei], /pɔ²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Sinological-IPA, Kaohsiung], /pɔ¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pɔ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Taipei], /pɔ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Kaohsiung], /pɔ²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pɔ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Sinological-IPA, Taipei, Kaohsiung], /pu³⁵/ [Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-bu.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ). Etymology templates: {{yesno||p|P}} P, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *baːs}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs), {{Han compound|手|甫|alt1=扌|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=hand}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 捕
  1. to catch; to seize; to arrest
    Sense id: en-捕-zh-character-e4qHPPmM Categories (other): Cantonese hanzi, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Elementary Mandarin, Hakka hanzi, Han phono-semantic compounds, Hokkien hanzi, Mandarin hanzi, Mandarin links with redundant target parameters, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Teochew hanzi Derived forms: 係風捕景, 系风捕景, 剿捕 (jiǎobǔ), 名捕, 圍捕 (wéibǔ), 围捕 (wéibǔ), 大肆搜捕, 官捕, 廣捕, 广捕, 廣捕文書, 广捕文书, 應捕, 应捕, 打捕, 拘捕 (jūbǔ), 拒捕 (jùbǔ), 捕人, 捕影拿風, 捕影拿风, 捉影捕風, 捉影捕风, 捕影繫風, 捕影系风, 捕役 (bǔyì), 捕快 (bǔkuài), 捕房 (bǔfáng), 捕手 (bǔshǒu), 捕拿, 捕捉 (bǔzhuō), 挨捕, 捕捉畋獵, 捕捉畋猎, 捕撈 (bǔlāo), 捕捞 (bǔlāo), 捕殺 (bǔshā), 捕杀 (bǔshā), 捕獲 (bǔhuò), 捕获 (bǔhuò), 捕生, 捕緝, 捕缉, 捕繩, 捕绳, 捕蚊燈 (bǔwéndēng), 捕蚊灯 (bǔwéndēng), 捕蛇去齒, 捕蛇去齿, 捕蟲堇菜, 捕虫堇菜, 捕蟲植物, 捕虫植物, 捕蟲燈, 捕虫灯, 捕蟲網, 捕虫网, 捕蠅紙 (bǔyíngzhǐ), 捕蝇纸 (bǔyíngzhǐ), 捕蠅草 (bǔyíngcǎo), 捕蝇草 (bǔyíngcǎo), 捕衙, 捕頭, 捕头, 捕風弄月, 捕风弄月, 捉風捕影, 捉风捕影, 捕風捉影 (bǔfēngzhuōyǐng), 捕风捉影 (bǔfēngzhuōyǐng), 捕風繫影, 捕风系影, 捕食 (bǔshí), 捕魚 (bǔyú), 捕鱼 (bǔyú), 捕魚權, 捕鱼权, 捕鯨船, 捕鲸船, 掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè), 掩雀捕蟬, 掩雀捕蝉, 搜捕 (sōubǔ), 握風捕影, 握风捕影, 撈捕, 捞捕, 望風捕影, 望风捕影, 查捕, 比捕, 海捕, 海捕公文, 海捕文書, 海捕文书, 白捕, 緝捕 (jībǔ), 缉捕 (jībǔ), 繫風捕影, 系风捕影, 繫風捕景, 羅捕, 罗捕, 誘捕 (yòubǔ), 诱捕 (yòubǔ), 跟捕, 跡捕, 迹捕, 巡捕 (xúnbǔ), 巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng), 追捕 (zhuībǔ), 追風捕影, 追风捕影, 逮捕, 間捕, 间捕, 陰捕, 阴捕
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  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "係風捕景"
        },
        {
          "word": "系风捕景"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎobǔ",
          "word": "剿捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "名捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wéibǔ",
          "word": "圍捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wéibǔ",
          "word": "围捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "大肆搜捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "官捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "廣捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "广捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "廣捕文書"
        },
        {
          "word": "广捕文书"
        },
        {
          "word": "應捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "应捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "打捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jūbǔ",
          "word": "拘捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jùbǔ",
          "word": "拒捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕人"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕影拿風"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕影拿风"
        },
        {
          "word": "捉影捕風"
        },
        {
          "word": "捉影捕风"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕影繫風"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕影系风"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyì",
          "word": "捕役"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔkuài",
          "word": "捕快"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔfáng",
          "word": "捕房"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔshǒu",
          "word": "捕手"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕拿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔzhuō",
          "word": "捕捉"
        },
        {
          "word": "挨捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕捉畋獵"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕捉畋猎"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔlāo",
          "word": "捕撈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔlāo",
          "word": "捕捞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔshā",
          "word": "捕殺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔshā",
          "word": "捕杀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔhuò",
          "word": "捕獲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔhuò",
          "word": "捕获"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕生"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕緝"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕缉"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕繩"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕绳"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔwéndēng",
          "word": "捕蚊燈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔwéndēng",
          "word": "捕蚊灯"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蛇去齒"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蛇去齿"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蟲堇菜"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕虫堇菜"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蟲植物"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕虫植物"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蟲燈"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕虫灯"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕蟲網"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕虫网"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyíngzhǐ",
          "word": "捕蠅紙"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyíngzhǐ",
          "word": "捕蝇纸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyíngcǎo",
          "word": "捕蠅草"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyíngcǎo",
          "word": "捕蝇草"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕衙"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕頭"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕头"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕風弄月"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕风弄月"
        },
        {
          "word": "捉風捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "捉风捕影"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔfēngzhuōyǐng",
          "word": "捕風捉影"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔfēngzhuōyǐng",
          "word": "捕风捉影"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕風繫影"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕风系影"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔshí",
          "word": "捕食"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "word": "捕魚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "word": "捕鱼"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕魚權"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕鱼权"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕鯨船"
        },
        {
          "word": "捕鲸船"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnmùbǔquè",
          "word": "掩目捕雀"
        },
        {
          "word": "掩雀捕蟬"
        },
        {
          "word": "掩雀捕蝉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sōubǔ",
          "word": "搜捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "握風捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "握风捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "撈捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "捞捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "望風捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "望风捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "查捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "比捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "海捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "海捕公文"
        },
        {
          "word": "海捕文書"
        },
        {
          "word": "海捕文书"
        },
        {
          "word": "白捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jībǔ",
          "word": "緝捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jībǔ",
          "word": "缉捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "繫風捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "系风捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "繫風捕景"
        },
        {
          "word": "羅捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "罗捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yòubǔ",
          "word": "誘捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yòubǔ",
          "word": "诱捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "跟捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "跡捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "迹捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xúnbǔ",
          "word": "巡捕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xúnbǔfáng",
          "word": "巡捕房"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuībǔ",
          "word": "追捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "追風捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "追风捕影"
        },
        {
          "word": "逮捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "間捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "间捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "陰捕"
        },
        {
          "word": "阴捕"
        }
      ],
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              0,
              2
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          ],
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            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "catch fish",
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "捕魚",
          "translation": "catch fish",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "catch fish",
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "捕鱼",
          "translation": "catch fish",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to seize; to arrest"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
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          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ (bu³)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-bu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Zh-bu.ogg/Zh-bu.ogg.mp3",
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        "Bopomofo"
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "phu"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "phu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puɔ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pô͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pôo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "poo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "póo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "por"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pō͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pōo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "po"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pŭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*baːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捕"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "係風捕景"
    },
    {
      "word": "系风捕景"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎobǔ",
      "word": "剿捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "名捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéibǔ",
      "word": "圍捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéibǔ",
      "word": "围捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "大肆搜捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "官捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "廣捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "广捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "廣捕文書"
    },
    {
      "word": "广捕文书"
    },
    {
      "word": "應捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "应捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "打捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jūbǔ",
      "word": "拘捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jùbǔ",
      "word": "拒捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕人"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕影拿風"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕影拿风"
    },
    {
      "word": "捉影捕風"
    },
    {
      "word": "捉影捕风"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕影繫風"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕影系风"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyì",
      "word": "捕役"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔkuài",
      "word": "捕快"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔfáng",
      "word": "捕房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔshǒu",
      "word": "捕手"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕拿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔzhuō",
      "word": "捕捉"
    },
    {
      "word": "挨捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕捉畋獵"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕捉畋猎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔlāo",
      "word": "捕撈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔlāo",
      "word": "捕捞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔshā",
      "word": "捕殺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔshā",
      "word": "捕杀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔhuò",
      "word": "捕獲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔhuò",
      "word": "捕获"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕生"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕緝"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕缉"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕繩"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕绳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔwéndēng",
      "word": "捕蚊燈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔwéndēng",
      "word": "捕蚊灯"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蛇去齒"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蛇去齿"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蟲堇菜"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕虫堇菜"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蟲植物"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕虫植物"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蟲燈"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕虫灯"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕蟲網"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕虫网"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyíngzhǐ",
      "word": "捕蠅紙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyíngzhǐ",
      "word": "捕蝇纸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyíngcǎo",
      "word": "捕蠅草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyíngcǎo",
      "word": "捕蝇草"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕衙"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕頭"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕头"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕風弄月"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕风弄月"
    },
    {
      "word": "捉風捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "捉风捕影"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔfēngzhuōyǐng",
      "word": "捕風捉影"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔfēngzhuōyǐng",
      "word": "捕风捉影"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕風繫影"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕风系影"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔshí",
      "word": "捕食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyú",
      "word": "捕魚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyú",
      "word": "捕鱼"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕魚權"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕鱼权"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕鯨船"
    },
    {
      "word": "捕鲸船"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnmùbǔquè",
      "word": "掩目捕雀"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩雀捕蟬"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩雀捕蝉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōubǔ",
      "word": "搜捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "握風捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "握风捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "撈捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "捞捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "望風捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "望风捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "查捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "比捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "海捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "海捕公文"
    },
    {
      "word": "海捕文書"
    },
    {
      "word": "海捕文书"
    },
    {
      "word": "白捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jībǔ",
      "word": "緝捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jībǔ",
      "word": "缉捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "繫風捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "系风捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "繫風捕景"
    },
    {
      "word": "羅捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "罗捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yòubǔ",
      "word": "誘捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yòubǔ",
      "word": "诱捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "跟捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "跡捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "迹捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúnbǔ",
      "word": "巡捕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúnbǔfáng",
      "word": "巡捕房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuībǔ",
      "word": "追捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "追風捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "追风捕影"
    },
    {
      "word": "逮捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "間捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "间捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "陰捕"
    },
    {
      "word": "阴捕"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "P"
      },
      "expansion": "P",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *baːs"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "手",
        "2": "甫",
        "alt1": "扌",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "捕",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese hanzi",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese hanzi",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 捕",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Eastern Min hanzi",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka hanzi",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Han phono-semantic compounds",
        "Hokkien hanzi",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin hanzi",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin links with redundant target parameters",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Middle Chinese hanzi",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese verbs",
        "Old Chinese hanzi",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese verbs",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew hanzi",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "catch fish",
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "捕魚",
          "translation": "catch fish",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "catch fish",
          "roman": "bǔyú",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "捕鱼",
          "translation": "catch fish",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to seize; to arrest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ (bu³)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-bu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Zh-bu.ogg/Zh-bu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-bu.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "phu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "phu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puɔ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pô͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pôo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "poo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "póo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "por"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pō͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pōo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "po"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pŭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*baːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捕"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 捕 meaning in Chinese (10.4kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <ul> not properly closed",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "捕",
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}

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