抓 zhuā in a sentence
Grab (snatch - catch - take control - attract - seize - arrest)
抓 (zhuā) means Grab (snatch - catch - take control - attract - seize - arrest). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
警方 抓 住了凶手。
Jǐngfāng zhuāzhù le xiōngshǒu.
The police caught the killer.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凶手
小偷被当场 抓 住了。
Xiǎotōu bèi dāngchǎng zhuāzhù le.
The thief was caught red-handed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当场
警方 抓 住了几个流氓。
Jǐngfāng zhuāzhù le jǐ ge liúmáng.
The police caught several hooligans.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流氓
他 抓 住了对手的弱点。
Tā zhuāzhù le duìshǒu de ruòdiǎn.
He seized on his opponent's weakness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弱点
他 抓 住了问题的要点。
Tā zhuāzhù le wèntí de yàodiǎn.
He grasped the crux of the problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 要点
警方很快 抓 获了抢劫犯。
Jǐngfāng hěn kuài zhuāhuò le qiǎngjié fàn.
The police soon caught the robber.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抢劫
他 抓 住时机做出了决定。
Tā zhuāzhù shíjī zuòchū le juédìng.
He seized the moment and made his decision.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时机
警察很快 抓 住了那个贼。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhuāzhù le nàge zéi.
The police soon caught the thief.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贼
警察很快 抓 住了那名歹徒。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhuāzhù le nà míng dǎitú.
The police soon caught the criminal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歹徒
时间很紧迫，我们得 抓 紧。
Shíjiān hěn jǐnpò, wǒmen děi zhuājǐn.
Time is pressing, so we must get on with it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 紧迫
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Words that contain 抓
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Questions about 抓
How is 抓 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 抓 (zhuā, "Grab (snatch - catch - take control - attract - seize - arrest)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 抓 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 抓 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 抓 an HSK word?
Yes — 抓 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 抓?
The dictionary page for 抓 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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