把握

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	shake hands; to hold; to grasp
simp. and trad. (把握)		把	握

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎwò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² ak¹ / baa² aak¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pá-vok
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pá-ak

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba² og⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎwò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎwò
  - Wade–Giles: pa³-wo⁴
  - Yale: bǎ-wò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baawoh
  - Palladius: баво (bavo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa² ak¹ / baa² aak¹
  - Yale: bá āk / bá āak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa² ak⁷ / baa² aak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba² eg¹ / ba² ag¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ ɐk̚⁵/, /paː³⁵ aːk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá-vok
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˋ vog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba³ vog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pa³¹ vok̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-ak
  - Tâi-lô: pá-ak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafag
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pa⁴²⁻²⁴ ak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ba² og⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pá ok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵²⁻³⁵ ok̚²/

Verb

把握

to grasp; to control; to seize
to have a firm hold on a situation; to be sure of something
to grasp; to know well
(archaic) to grasp with one's hands; to hold
(archaic) to join hands
(archaic) to shake hands

Synonyms

(to know well):

Noun

把握

assurance; certainty

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 揸拿

信心 (xìnxīn)
底氣 / 底气 (dǐqì)
自信 (zìxìn)
自信心 (zìxìnxīn)
譜 / 谱 (pǔ)

Derived terms

有把握 (yǒu bǎwò)
無把握 / 无把握

Japanese

Kanji in this term
把	握
は Grade: S	あく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はあく [hàákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ːkɯ̟]

Noun

把(は)握(あく) • (haaku)

control
grasp (understanding)

Verb

把(は)握(あく)する • (haaku suru) suru (stem 把(は)握(あく)し (haaku shi), past 把(は)握(あく)した (haaku shita))

to have under control
to grasp (to understand)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "把握する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	把握し	はあくし	haaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	把握し	はあくし	haaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	把握する	はあくする	haaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	把握する	はあくする	haaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	把握すれ	はあくすれ	haaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	把握せよ¹ 把握しろ²	はあくせよ¹ はあくしろ²	haaku seyo¹ haaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	把握される	はあくされる	haaku sareru
Causative	把握させる把握さす	はあくさせるはあくさす	haaku saseru haaku sasu
Potential	把握できる	はあくできる	haaku dekiru
Volitional	把握しよう	はあくしよう	haaku shiyō
Negative	把握しない	はあくしない	haaku shinai
Negative continuative	把握せず	はあくせず	haaku sezu
Formal	把握します	はあくします	haaku shimasu
Perfective	把握した	はあくした	haaku shita
Conjunctive	把握して	はあくして	haaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	把握すれば	はあくすれば	haaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
把	握

Noun

把握 • (paak) (hangeul 파악)

hanja form^? of 파악 (“to understand or grasp thoroughly”)