巡捕

巡捕

Chinese

		to patrol; to make one's rounds	to catch; to seize; to capture
trad. (巡捕)		巡	捕
simp. #(巡捕)		巡	捕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ bou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sûn-pô͘ / sûn-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-pu³
    • Yale: syún-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunbuu
    • Palladius: сюньбу (sjunʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ bou⁶
    • Yale: chèuhn bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵn²¹ pou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunpoo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² pɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-pô
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunpooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² po¹³/

Verb

巡捕

1. to seek and arrest; to begin the search (for a criminal)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 巡捕

囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary) 抓 (zhuā) 拘捕 (jūbǔ) 捉 (zhuō) 捉拿 (zhuōná) 捕捉 (bǔzhuō) 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds) 搜捕 (sōubǔ) 擒拿 (qínná) 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested) 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested) 追拿 (zhuīná) 追捕 (zhuībǔ) 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary) 逮捕 (dàibǔ) 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)

俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ) 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò) 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò) 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò) 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò) 攝／摄 (shè) (literary, or in compounds) 查獲／查获 (cháhuò) 緝拿／缉拿 (jīná) 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ) 緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary) 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary) 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary) 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary) 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary) 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack) 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)

Noun

巡捕

1. (historical) police; policeman (in former foreign concessions in China)
2. (historical, Qing dynasty) accompanying official; entourage

Derived terms

巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng)