逮

dǎi · dai/dài · dai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

dǎi 逮

  1. (coll.) to catch
  2. to seize

dài 逮

  1. (literary) to arrest
  2. to seize
  3. to overtake
  4. until

In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)察(chá)在(zài)巷(xiàng)子(zi)里(lǐ)逮(dǎi)住(zhù)了(le)那(nà)个(ge)小(xiǎo)偷(tōu)。

The police caught the thief in the alley.

02

他(tā)跑(pǎo)得(de)再(zài)快(kuài),我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)逮(dǎi)到(dào)他(tā)。

No matter how fast he runs, I will catch him.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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