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

  (Hailu, HRS): ba^ˊ vog

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba³ ah⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pá-ak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba² og⁴

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• 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/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ vog
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻³³ vok⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba³ ah⁶ [Phonetic: ba² ah⁶]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bâ-ah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁴⁵³⁻¹³ aʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba³ ah⁶ [Phonetic: ba² ah⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³²⁻²⁴ aʔ²/
• 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

1. to grasp; to control; to seize
2. to have a firm hold on a situation; to be sure of something
3. to grasp; to know well
4. (archaic) to grasp with one's hands; to hold
5. (archaic) to join hands
6. (archaic) to shake hands

Synonyms

• (to know well):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道 (zhīdào)
• 覺 / 觉
• 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識 / 认识
• 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)

Noun

把握

1. assurance; certainty

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 揸拿

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• 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