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缉拿 (jī ná) — to seize, to arrest

Definition

缉拿 (jīná) is a formal verb meaning to seize or arrest (suspects, criminals). It is written and official-register, paired with terms like 通缉令, and stronger than the everyday 抓 (zhuā).

verb
to seizeto arrest

Examples

  • ，缉拿。
    Jīng guò sān gè yuè de zhuī bǔ, jǐng fāng zhōng yú jī ná le zhǔ fàn.
    After three months of pursuit, the police finally arrested the main culprit.
  • 缉拿。
    Hǎi guān rén yuán jī ná le yì pī zǒu sī huò wù.
    Customs officers seized a batch of smuggled goods.
  • ，缉拿。
    Jǐng fāng fā chū tōng jī lìng, quán lì jī ná zài táo xián yí rén.
    The police issued a wanted notice and made every effort to arrest the fugitive suspect.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

缉jīcatch
拿náseize

缉 and 拿 both mean seize or catch; together they intensify the sense of arresting.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 緝; 缉 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
咠
咠qì緝jī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 緝 pairs 糸 (silk) with 咠 as a sound part; the simplified 缉 is a later shorthand.

Open 缉 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 拿 pairs 合 with 手, and it is a later alternative form for taking with the hand.

Open 拿 →
Appears in
Crime & Police

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