"Grasp" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 掌握 | zhǎng wò | to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency |   |
| 把握 | bǎ wò | to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome) | |
| 领会 | lǐng huì | to understand / to comprehend / to grasp | |
| 把 |  bǎ | to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful | |
| 捉摸 | zhuō mō | to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp | |
| 拿捏 | ná niē | to grasp / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / to create difficulties | |
| 持 | chí | to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control | |
| 执 | zhí | to execute (a plan) / to grasp | |
| 握 | wò | to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful | |
| 操 | cāo | to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) | |
| 秉 | bǐng | to grasp / to hold / to maintain | |
| 掺 | shǎn | to grasp | |
| 攥 | zuàn | (coll.) to hold / to grip / to grasp | |
| 掫 | zōu | beat the night watches / grasp | |
| 摰 | niè | to seize with the hand / to grasp / to advance / to breakdown | |
| 乴 | xué | to grasp | |
| 拢攥 | lǒng zuàn | to grasp / to clutch | |
| 揓 | shì | to hold / to grasp | |
| 抓紧 | zhuā jǐn | to grasp firmly / to pay special attention to / to rush in / to make the most of | |
| 摸不着 | mō bu zháo | can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of | |
| 在握 | zài wò | (fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp | |
| 握有 | wò yǒu | to grasp and own / to hold (power) | |
| 扯住 | chě zhù | to grasp firmly | |
| 弄懂 | nòng dǒng | to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out | |
| 意会 | yì huì | to sense / to grasp intuitively | |
| 理解力 | lǐ jiě lì | ability to grasp ideas / understanding | |
| 不得要领 | bù dé yào lǐng | to fail to grasp the main points | |
| 稳操胜券 | wěn cāo shèng quàn | grasp it and victory is assured / to have success within one's grasp (idiom) | |
| 摔打 | shuāi da | to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up | |
| 弄通 | nòng tōng | to get a good grasp of | |
| 不识大体 | bù shí dà tǐ | to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture | |
| 钳 | qián | pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag | |
| 拈 | nián | to nip / to grasp with fingers / to draw lots | |
| 拈 | niān | to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2] | |
| 欲擒故纵 | yù qín gù zòng | In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better | |
| 洞若观火 | dòng ruò guān huǒ | lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) / fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly | |
| 知易行难 | zhī yì xíng nán | easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done | |
| 一通百通 | yī tōng bǎi tōng | grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) | |
| 加深理解 | jiā shēn lǐ jiě | to get a better grasp of sth | |
| 擸 | liè | to hold, to grasp / to hold the hair / to pull at | |
| 揝 | zuàn | to hold in the hand, to grasp / to wring | |
| 易理解 | yì lǐ jiě | easy to grasp / easily understood | |
| 稳胜 | wěn shèng | to beat comfortably / to win easily / abbr. for 穩操勝券|稳操胜券, to have victory within one's grasp | |
| 参透 | cān tòu | to fully grasp / to penetrate | |
