捉摸

Chinese

		to clutch; to grab; to capture	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy
trad. (捉摸)		捉	摸
simp. #(捉摸)		捉	摸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuōmō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ ㄇㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ mo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiok-mo͘ / chok-mo͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōmō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ ㄇㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuomo
    • Wade–Giles: cho¹-mo¹
    • Yale: jwō-mwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juomho
    • Palladius: чжомо (čžomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ mo²
    • Yale: jūk mó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ mo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ mo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɔː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 捉摸 觸摸 / 触摸

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-mo͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshiok-moo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiokmof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-mo͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-moo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokmof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

捉摸

1. to guess; to predict; to anticipate; to fathom; to ascertain

Synonyms

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• 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
• 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
• 意想 (yìxiǎng)
• 意料 (yìliào)
• 揣測 / 揣测 (chuǎicè)
• 料定 (liàodìng)
• 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
• 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 端倪 (duānní) (literary)
• 諒心 / 谅心 (lian⁵ sin) (Xiang)
• 諒想 / 谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
• 逆料 (nìliào)
• 預判 / 预判 (yùpàn)
• 預卜 / 预卜 (yùbǔ)
• 預報 / 预报 (yùbào)
• 預感 / 预感 (yùgǎn)
• 預想 / 预想 (yùxiǎng)
• 預料 / 预料 (yùliào)
• 預斷 / 预断 (yùduàn)
• 預測 / 预测 (yùcè)
• 預示 / 预示 (yùshì)
• 預見 / 预见 (yùjiàn)
• 預言 / 预言 (yùyán)

See also

• 琢磨 (zhuómó)