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 ngaak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pá-ak

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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 ngaak¹
    • Yale: bá ngāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² ngaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² ngag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ ŋaːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-ak
    • Tâi-lô: pá-ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ak̚³²/

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):

(deprecated template usage)

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 把握

1. assurance; certainty

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 信心 (xìnxīn)
• 底氣／底气 (dǐqì)
• 自信 (zìxìn)
• 自信心 (zìxìnxīn)
• 譜／谱 (pǔ)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
把	握
は Grade: S	あく Grade: S
on’yomi

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