抓
zhuā HSK3

scratch

抓 zhuā
to grab verb
to grab or seize with the hand or claws; to snatch

我们今天什么也抓不到了。

wǒ​men jīn​tiān shén​me yě zhuā bù dào le.

We won't catch anything today.

你没想到我会抓住你，是吧？

nǐ méi xiǎng dào wǒ huì zhuā zhù nǐ, shì ba?

You didn't think I'd catch you, did you?

to arrest verb
to catch or arrest a person; to press-gang; to seize a criminal

我证明他抓错人了。

wǒ zhèng​míng tā zhuā cuò rén le.

I proved he had the wrong guy.

警察会抓我的。

jǐng​chá huì zhuā wǒ de.

The police will catch me.

to attract particleverb
to attract or fascinate; to capture someone's attention or interest
to scratch verb
to scratch with the fingernails or claws; to itch

那狗嗷嗷地叫着抓门。

nà gǒu áo'áo de jiào zhe zhuā mén.

The dog whined and scratched at the door.

to seize verb
to seize (an opportunity); to grasp (a main point)

我们这次能抓住机会吗？

wǒ​men zhè​cì néng zhuā zhù jī​huì ma?

Can we seize the opportunity this time?

to focus on verb
to pay special attention to; to take charge of; to be responsible for (a task or work)

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
992nd most common 163.7 per million
Movie subtitles
483rd most common 302.2 per million appears in 67% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
251.3 per million appears in 54% of films
Written text
110.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6293

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)