捕獲

See also: 捕获

Chinese

		to catch; to seize; to capture	to catch; to obtain; to capture
trad. (捕獲)		捕	獲
simp. (捕获)		捕	获

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǔhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ wok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pô͘-hia̍k / pō͘-he̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǔhuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǔhuò
  - Wade–Giles: pu³-huo⁴
  - Yale: bǔ-hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuhuoh
  - Palladius: бухо (buxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ wok⁶
  - Yale: bouh wohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ wok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ wog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² wɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-hia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pôo-hia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: po'hiak
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² hiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-he̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-hi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxhek
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ hiɪk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ hiɪk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ hiɪk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪk̚⁴/

Verb

捕獲

to catch; to capture; to seize
當場捕獲／当场捕获 ― dāngchǎng bǔhuò ― to catch red-handed
(neologism, figurative) to bump into and recognize a celebrity
捕獲野生發哥 [Cantonese, trad.]
捕获野生发哥 [Cantonese, simp.]
bou⁶ wok⁶ je⁵ saang¹ faat³ go¹ [Jyutping]
to bump into Chow Yun-fat in the flesh

Synonyms

俘獲 / 俘获 (fúhuò)
俘虜 / 俘虏 (fúlǔ)
囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
抓 (zhuā)
抓獲 / 抓获 (zhuāhuò)
拘捕 (jūbǔ)
拿獲 / 拿获 (náhuò)
捉 (zhuō)
捉拿 (zhuōná)
捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
搜捕 (sōubǔ)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
擒拿 (qínná)
擒獲 / 擒获 (qínhuò)
攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
查獲 / 查获 (cháhuò)
緝拿 / 缉拿 (jīná)
緝捕 / 缉捕 (jībǔ)
緝獲 / 缉获 (jīhuò) (literary)
被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
訪拿 / 访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
訪緝 / 访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
跴緝 / 跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
踩緝 / 踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
追拿 (zhuīná)
追捕 (zhuībǔ)
追擊 / 追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
追緝 / 追缉 (zhuījī)
逮捕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捕	獲
ほ Grade: S	かく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ho̞ka̠kɯ̟]

Noun

捕(ほ)獲(かく) • (hokaku)

capture

Verb

捕(ほ)獲(かく)する • (hokaku suru) transitive suru (stem 捕(ほ)獲(かく)し (hokaku shi), past 捕(ほ)獲(かく)した (hokaku shita))

to capture, to seize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "捕獲する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	捕獲し	ほかくし	hokaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	捕獲し	ほかくし	hokaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	捕獲する	ほかくする	hokaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	捕獲する	ほかくする	hokaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	捕獲すれ	ほかくすれ	hokaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	捕獲せよ¹ 捕獲しろ²	ほかくせよ¹ ほかくしろ²	hokaku seyo¹ hokaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	捕獲される	ほかくされる	hokaku sareru
Causative	捕獲させる捕獲さす	ほかくさせるほかくさす	hokaku saseru hokaku sasu
Potential	捕獲できる	ほかくできる	hokaku dekiru
Volitional	捕獲しよう	ほかくしよう	hokaku shiyō
Negative	捕獲しない	ほかくしない	hokaku shinai
Negative continuative	捕獲せず	ほかくせず	hokaku sezu
Formal	捕獲します	ほかくします	hokaku shimasu
Perfective	捕獲した	ほかくした	hokaku shita
Conjunctive	捕獲して	ほかくして	hokaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	捕獲すれば	ほかくすれば	hokaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“捕獲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026