Chinese symbol for “arrest”
逮捕
dài bǔ
to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arrest is 逮捕 (dài bǔ), defined as: to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “arrest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拿下 | ná xià | to arrest; to capture |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 抓获 (抓獲) | zhuā huò | to arrest |
| 抓走 | zhuā zǒu | to arrest |
| 捉拿 | zhuō ná | to arrest; to catch a criminal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逮捕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 力有未逮 | lì yǒu wèi dài | beyond one's reach or power (to do sth) |
| 狗逮老鼠 | gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ | lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom); fig. to be meddlesome |
| 被捕 | bèi bǔ | to be arrested; under arrest |
| 捕鱼 (捕魚) | bǔ yú | to catch fish; to fish |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 捕捉 | bǔ zhuō | to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | to pursue; to be after |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arrest”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.