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逮

dǎi · dai/dài · dai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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dǎi 逮

  1. (coll.) to catch
  2. to seize

dài 逮

  1. (literary) to arrest
  2. to seize
  3. to overtake
  4. until
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  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)玩(wán)抓人(zhuārén)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)来(lái)逮(dǎi)你(nǐ)！

    Let’s play tag. I’ll catch you!

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)跑(pǎo)，你(nǐ)数到(shǔdào)十(shí)再(zài)逮(dǎi)我(wǒ)。

    OK, I’ll run first. Count to ten, then come catch me.

  3. Liangliang

    一(yī)，二(èr)，三(sān)……十(shí)！我(wǒ)来(lái)了(le)！

    One, two, three... ten! Here I come!

  4. Dengdeng

    来呀(láiya)！你(nǐ)逮不到(dǎibùdào)我(wǒ)！

    Come on! You can’t catch me!

  5. Liangliang

    逮到(dǎidào)了(le)！你(nǐ)跑(pǎo)得(de)太(tài)慢(màn)了(le)。

    Caught you! You run too slowly.

  6. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)我(wǒ)慢(màn)，是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)鞋带(xiédài)开(kāi)了(le)。

    It’s not that I’m slow. My shoelace came undone.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)察(chá)在(zài)巷(xiàng)子(zi)里(lǐ)逮(dǎi)住(zhù)了(le)那(nà)个(ge)小(xiǎo)偷(tōu)。

The police caught the thief in the alley.

02

他(tā)跑(pǎo)得(de)再(zài)快(kuài)，我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)逮(dǎi)到(dào)他(tā)。

No matter how fast he runs, I will catch him.

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