"grasp" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
把	bǎ	to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})	syn
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
把握	bǎ wò	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
领会領會	lǐng huì	to understand / to comprehend / to grasp	syn
持	chí	to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control	syn
捉摸	zhuō mō	to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp	syn
拿捏	ná niē	(lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten
执執	zhí	to execute (a plan) / to grasp	syn
握	wò	to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful	syn
操	cāo	to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)	syn
秉	bǐng	to grasp / to hold / to maintain	syn
掺摻	shǎn	to grasp	syn
攥	zuàn	(coll.) to hold / to grip / to grasp	syn
掫	zōu	beat the night watches / grasp
摰	niè	to seize with the hand / to grasp / to advance / to breakdown
乴	xué	to grasp
拢攥攏攥	lǒng zuàn	to grasp / to clutch
揓	shì	to hold / to grasp

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
不住	bù zhù	(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly / continuously / constantly	syn
摸不着摸不著	mō bu zháo	can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
在握	zài wò	(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp	syn
扯住	chě zhù	to grasp firmly
弄懂	nòng dǒng	to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
意会意會	yì huì	to sense / to grasp intuitively	syn
理解力	lǐ jiě lì	ability to grasp ideas / understanding
不得要领不得要領	bù dé yào lǐng	to fail to grasp the main points	syn
稳操胜券穩操勝券	wěn cāo shèng quàn	grasp it and victory is assured / to have success within one's grasp (idiom)	syn
摔打	shuāi da	to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up	syn
弄通	nòng tōng	to get a good grasp of
不识大体不識大體	bù shí dà tǐ	to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture	syn
钳鉗	qián	pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag	syn
拈	nián	to nip / to grasp with fingers / to draw lots	syn
拈	niān	to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2]	syn
镊鑷	niè	(bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is 住[zhu4] or 起[qi3] or 出[chu1] etc)	syn
欲擒故纵欲擒故縱	yù qín gù zòng	In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better	syn
洞若观火洞若觀火	dòng ruò guān huǒ	lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) / fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly	syn
知易行难知易行難	zhī yì xíng nán	easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
一通百通	yī tōng bǎi tōng	grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)	syn
加深理解	jiā shēn lǐ jiě	to get a better grasp of sth
擸	liè	to hold, to grasp / to hold the hair / to pull at
揝	zuàn	to hold in the hand, to grasp / to wring
易理解	yì lǐ jiě	easy to grasp / easily understood
稳胜穩勝	wěn shèng	to beat comfortably / to win easily / abbr. for 穩操勝券\|稳操胜券, to have victory within one's grasp
解悟	jiě wù	to understand / to comprehend / to grasp the meaning
参透參透	cān tòu	to fully grasp / to penetrate
肖想	xiào xiǎng	(Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have) / to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])

The four tones

"grasp" Chinese-English Dictionary

Your cookie choices

Share this page