捉摸

zhuōmō
  1. to fathom
  2. to make sense of
  3. to grasp

CEDICT

to guess; to predict; to anticipate; to fathom; to ascertain

Wiktionary

揣测，料想。宋．赵长卿〈满江红．懊恼平生〉词：「天易感，人难託。人心险，天又怎生捉摸？」也作「作摩」。

重編國語辭典

揣测，料想

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 捉 zhuō
  1. to clutch
  2. to grab
  3. to capture
2 摸 mō
  1. to feel with the hand
  2. to touch
  3. to stroke
  4. to grope
  5. to steal
  6. to abstract

Containing this entry

捉摸不定 zhuōmōbùdìng (idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
难以捉摸 nányǐzhuōmō
  1. elusive
  2. hard to pin down
  3. enigmatic
不可捉摸 bùkězhuōmō

Related entries

弄懂 nòngdǒng
  1. to make sense of
  2. to grasp the meaning of
  3. to figure out
乴 xué to grasp
把握 bǎwò
  1. to grasp (also fig.)
  2. to seize
  3. to hold
  4. assurance
  5. certainty
  6. sure (of the outcome)
好好把握這個機會。

Make good use of this opportunity.

Source: Tatoeba

掌握 zhǎngwò
  1. to grasp (often fig.)
  2. to control
  3. to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
  4. to master
  5. to know well
  6. to understand sth well and know how to use it
  7. fluency
掌握一门外语很难。

Mastering a foreign language is difficult.

Source: Tatoeba

掺 shǎn to grasp
所有的社交，自然而然地，都会掺入一些虚伪的成分，我想这是有其必要的。

All social interactions, naturally, will involve some degree of insincerity, which I believe is necessary.

Source: Tatoeba

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