verb
被捕
bèi bǔ
to be arrested; under arrest
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Related words
- 幽禁yōu jìnto imprison
- 张志新Zhāng Zhì xīnZhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
- 归案guī ànto bring to justice
- 畏忌wèi jìto be arrested by fear
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Frequently Asked Questions
被捕 (bèi bǔ) means "to be arrested; under arrest" in Chinese.
被捕 is pronounced "bèi bǔ" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.
被捕 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
被捕 is made up of the characters 被, 捕. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
You can practice writing 被捕 using our stroke order tool.
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