逮 meaning in English

dǎi

(coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 逮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎi
  1. (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture
dài
  1. (literary) to reach
  2. used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])

逮 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

大dà约yuē 30 个gè人rén被bèi逮dài捕bǔ。
Approximately 30 people were arrested.
警jǐng察chá逮dài捕bǔ了le小xiǎo偷tōu。
The policeman arrested the burglar.
她tā被bèi警jǐng方fāng逮dài捕bǔ了le。
She was arrested by the police.
他tā酒jiǔ驾jià被bèi逮dǎi着zhe了le。
He was caught drink-driving.
萨sà米mǐ被bèi逮dài捕bǔ了le。
Sammy was arrested.

Stroke order for each character

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逮 dǎi · to catch · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 逮.

逮捕dàibǔto arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]

Questions about 逮

What does 逮 mean?

逮 (dǎi) means "(coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 逮?

逮 is made of 1 character: 逮 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 逮 an HSK word?

Yes. 逮 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.