抓

How to write 抓, stroke by stroke

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What 抓 means

to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch

Ideographic: A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 扌 + 爪

Words with 抓

• 抓住zhuā zhùto grab hold of; to capture
• 抓紧zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)
• 抓走zhuā zǒuto arrest
• 抓狂zhuā kuáng(Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out
• 抓捕zhuā bǔto seize; to capture
• 抓获zhuā huòto arrest
• 抓紧时间zhuā jǐn shí jiānto waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up
• 抓伤zhuā shāngto injure by scratching or clawing
• 抓贼zhuā zéito catch a thief
• 一把抓yī bǎ zhuāto attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance
• 主抓zhǔ zhuāto be in charge of; to concentrate on
• 抓力zhuā lìgrip

抓 in a sentence

• 我们抓住了小偷。

  wǒ men zhuā zhù le xiǎo tōu 。

  We captured the thief.

• 那个犯人还没被抓到。

  nà ge fàn rén hái méi bèi zhuā dào 。

  The criminal is still at large.

• 那个溺水的男人抓紧了绳子。

  nà ge nì shuǐ de nán rén zhuā jǐn le shéng zi 。

  The drowning man grasped at the rope.

• 老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。

  lǎo yīng bú huì qù zhuā cāng yíng 。

  The eagle does not catch flies.

• 别被抓获了。

  bié bèi zhuā huò le 。

  Don't get caught.