擒 (kam4 | qin2) : [華] capture [粵] climb

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擒

kam4

qin2

[華] capture; catch; seize; arrest
[粵] climb

[cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

擒

This word has been viewed 5407 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Jan 2014 05:26

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擒高擒低 kam4 gou1 kam4 dai1 = climb up and down 粵

擒賊 kam4 caak6 qin2 zei2 = capture a thief

擒樹 kam4 syu6 = climb a tree 粵

擒青 kam4 ceng1 = in a hurry, hasty 粵

飛擒大咬 fei1 kam4 daai6 ngaau5 = to be pushy (overly assertive/impatient)

喉擒 hau4 kam4 = anxious, impatient

猴擒 hau4 kam4 hou2 qin2 = antsy; anxious; in a hurry 粵

擒賊擒王 kam4 caak6 kam4 wong4 qin2 zei2 qin2 wang2 = defeat the enemy by capturing their chief

就擒 zau6 kam4 jiu4 qin2 = to be taken prisoner

Showing 1 example containing 擒

唔好擒咁高。粵
Don't climb so high.
[http://cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,126448,126464#msg-126464]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 擒
Unicode code for this character: U+64d2 (off-site link)

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