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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wò | wo4
English translation
to hold
to grasp
to clench (one's fist)
to master
classifier: a handful
to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌屋

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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具有 jù yǒu suǒ yǒu 优秀 yōuxiù 运动员 yùn dòng yuán suǒ 需要 xūyào de 分秒不差 bù chā de 把握 bǎwò 时机 shíjī de 本领 běnlǐng .

He has the split - second timing all good players need.

富兰紧握 jǐn wò 拳头 quántou ,冲动 chōngdòng de shuì .

Frank clenched his fist and broke out in excitement.

dāng zài 侦查 zhēn chá 春田 àn jiàn shí jiù 掌握 zhǎngwò le 所有 suǒyǒu zhè 一切 yīqiè .

He had learned them while investigating the Springfield case.

yǒu fēn 把握 bǎwò ?

What are the probability ties?

我俩友好 Yǒuhǎo de 握别 wò bié .

We shooke hands and parted ( as ) friends .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
掌握 zhǎngwò to control掌握 zhǎngwò
把握 bǎwò to seize把握 bǎwò
to hold
握手 wòshǒu to shake hands握手 wòshǒu
握住 wò zhù to grip握住 wò zhù
紧握 jǐn wò to hold firmly, not let go緊握
在握 zài wò to be within grasp在握 zài wò
握有 wò yǒu to grasp and own握有 wò yǒu
握拳 wò quán to make a fist握拳 wò quán
握力 wò lì (strength of one's) grip握力 wò lì
大权在握 dà quán zài wò to be in a position of power大權在握
握别 wò bié to shake hands握別
智珠在握 zhì zhū zài wò lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom)智珠在握 zhì zhū zài wò

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