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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-pô͘ / sûn-pô
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhin-bu₆; ⁶zhiun-bu₆

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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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ bou⁶
    • Yale: chèuhn bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin-bu₆; ⁶zhiun-bu₆
    • MiniDict: zhin^去 bu^去; zhiuin^去 bu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-bu₃; ³xxyn-bu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² bu⁴⁴/, /ʑyn²² bu⁴⁴/

Verb

巡捕

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

Synonyms

• 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
• 俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
• 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
• 抓 (zhuā)
• 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
• 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
• 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
• 捉 (zhuō)
• 捉拿 (zhuōná)
• 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
• 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
• 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 擒拿 (qínná)
• 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
• 攝／摄 (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)
• 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
• 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
• 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
• 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
• 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
• 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
• 追拿 (zhuīná)
• 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
• 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
• 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
• 逮捕

 

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)