抓住
HSK 3 (2021)
抓住 (zhuāzhù) · to catch hold of
抓住 (zhuāzhù) means “to catch hold of; to seize”. It is written with 2 characters: 抓 (to grab) + 住 (to live). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 抓住 is built
The characters
抓 zhuā · to grab
What 抓 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 爪zhǎo — claws
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
住 zhù · to live
What 住 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 主zhǔ — to own
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请抓住这个机会。Qǐng zhuāzhù zhège jīhuì.Please seize this opportunity.
他一下就抓住了球。Tā yīxià jiù zhuāzhù le qiú.He caught the ball right away.
Questions about 抓住
What does 抓住 mean?
抓住 (zhuāzhù) means “to catch hold of; to seize”.
How do you pronounce 抓住?
抓住 is pronounced zhuāzhù.
Which HSK level is 抓住?
抓住 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 抓紧zhuājǐnto make the most of
- 抓zhuāto grab
- 记住jìzhuto remember
- 站住zhànzhùto stop
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 住院zhùyuànto be in hospital
- 居住jūzhùto live
- 忍不住rěnbuzhùcan't help (doing)
- 住宅zhùzháiresidence
- 入住rùzhùto check in, at a hotel
Learn 抓住 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 62: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.