Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiū
English
- grasp with hand, pinch
- to seize
- hit; beat up
- to clutch
- to grab firmly and pull
- to scold; to enforce, usually by a person with disciplinary authority such as a school prefect, a teacher, or a police officer
- to catch; to arrest
- to grab something by force
粵語
- 打人
- 捉人、鬧人，通常指由一個具權威嘅人去做，例如風紀、老師、警察
- 捉住、追捕成功
- 用手捉實一樣嘢
Variants
Words containing 揪
- 群揪kwan4 cau1
a gang fight [colloquial]
- 隻揪zek3 cau1
to fight a duel
- 好揪hou2 cau1
good at fighting
- 揪送zau1 sung3
to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
- 揪鬥zau1 dau3
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
- 勁揪ging6 cau1
good at fighting; also used to refer to superior skills or prowess in general
- 堅揪gin1 zau1
really good at fighting ----
- 隻揪隻zek3 cau1 zek3
to fight a duel
- 揪揪zau1 zau1
creased; wrinkled
- 揪揪zau1 zau1
creased; wrinkled
- 揪辮子zau1 bin1 zi2
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair)
- 揪出zau1 ceot1
to uncover
- 揪心zau1 sam1
lit. grips the heart
- 揪住zau1 zyu6
to grab
- 揪錯zau1 co3
- 揪痛腳cau1 tung3 goek3
to catch somebody's weakness /fault
- 揪痧zau1 saa1
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
- 揪心揪肺zau1 sam1 zau1 fai3
heart-wrenching
- 揪心揪肺zau1 sam1 zau1 fai3
heart-wrenching
- 揪心扒肝zau1 sam1 paa4 gon1
(idiom) extremely anxious