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

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

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

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

Derived terms

巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng)