抓 zhuā — to grab; to seize; to clutch; to grasp; to catch; to grip; to snatch
抓
Level 1 · Common HSK 5 #633
zhuā zhua1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
- verb (形声。从手，爪声。本义:搔)
- verb scratch e.g 抓挠 · 抓心
- verb grasp;grab e.g 抓子儿 · 抓挠 · 想抓救命稻草
- verb tie e.g 抓髻 抓角儿 · 抓扎 · 抓缚
- verb arrest;seize;catch
- verb buy
- verb draw
- verb pay special attention to
- verb take charge of
Related words
- 抓住 to grab hold of; to capture; to seize; to grasp; to catch; to grip; to hold onto
- 抓紧 to grasp firmly; to press on with; to lose no time; to step up; to hurry; to tig
- 狠抓 to vigorously grasp; to crack down on
- 抓获 to arrest
- 抓手 handhold; handle
- 齐抓共管 jointly grasp and manage; all-out coordinated management
- 抓捕 to seize; to capture; to arrest; to apprehend; to catch; to nab; to round up
- 抓举 the snatch (a weightlifting event)
- 一把抓 to attempt all tasks at once/to manage every detail regardless of its importance
- 抓药 to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
- 抓狂 to go crazy; to be frantic with frustration
- 抓典型 to cultivate a model example
- 抓耳挠腮 to scratch one's ears and cheeks in helpless anxiety
- 抓阄儿 to draw lots
- 抓拍 to capture (an image); to snap (a photo); to take a candid photo
- 抓瞎 to be caught unprepared
- 抓饭 Uyghur pilaf (a rice dish with mutton and carrots)
- 抓点 to pick a key point; to focus on a model unit
- 抓赌 to raid illegal gambling; to round up gamblers
- 抓辫子 to seize someone by the queue — to catch hold of a vulnerable point