English
- scratch
- to grab
- clutch, seize, grab
- to catch
- to arrest
- to snatch
- to scratch
- to claw; to scratch
- to grab hold of something tightly
粵語
- 搲
- 捉實啲嘢
Words containing 抓
- 抓緊zaau2 gan2
to keep a firm grip on
- 抓獲zaau2 wok6
to arrest
- 抓舉zaau2 geoi2
snatch (weightlifting technique)
- 抓包zaau2 baau1
to catch sb in the act
- 抓毛waa2 mou4
polar fleece
- 抓取zaau2 ceoi2
to seize
- 抓賊zaau2 caak6
to catch a thief
- 抓瞎zaau2 hat6
to be caught unprepared
- 抓住zaau2 zyu6
to grab hold of; to capture
- 抓姦zaau2 gaan1
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
- 抓地zaau2 dei6
grip on the road
- 抓去zaau2 heoi3
to arrest and take away
- 抓着zaau2 zoek6
- 抓馬zaau2 maa5
(coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated
- 抓手zaau2 sau2
handhold; handle
- 抓子waa2 zi2
- 主抓zyu2 zaau2
to be in charge of
- 抓拍zaau2 paak3
to capture (an image)
- 現抓jin6 zaau2
to improvise
- 抓周zaau2 zau1
custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
- 抓差zaau2 caa1
- 抓力zaau2 lik6
grip
- 飛抓fei1 zaau2
variant of 飛撾|飞挝[fei1 zhua1]
- 亂抓lyun6 zaau2
to claw wildly