擒获

擒獲

qínhuò

verb #36,513

Meanings

1 to capture (a fugitive or enemy)
2 to apprehend
3 to seize

Characters

to catch / to seize

to obtain / to capture

Examples

HSK 7-9

警方擒获了三名嫌疑犯。

Jǐngfāng qínhuò le sān míng xiányífàn.

The police apprehended three suspects.

HSK 7-9

猎人成功擒获了那只老虎。

Lièrén chénggōng qínhuò le nà zhī lǎohǔ.

The hunter successfully captured the tiger.

Tips

register

Formal/literary, common in news reports about police operations and in classical contexts (battles, hunting). For everyday 'catch' use 抓住. The related idiom 擒贼先擒王 - 'to catch the bandits, first catch their king' - uses the same 擒.

Stroke Order

擒 qín

获 huò