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

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá-vok
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba` vog`
    • 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

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):

• 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
• 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

• 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])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ːkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

把(は)握(あく) • (haaku) 

1. control
2. 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))

1. to have under control
2. 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
把	握

Noun

把握 • (paak) (hangeul 파악)

1. Hanja form^? of 파악 (“to understand or grasp thoroughly”).