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取: to take hold of

By November 15, 2013October 6th, 2015Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

取 qǔ

verb
: to grab; to take hold of

Kun Reading

とる toru

Godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose
: to steal
: to eat; to have (a meal)
: to remove (one’s glasses)
: to compete (in sumo, cards); to play

とり tori

noun
: key performer; last performer of the day
: active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

とれる toreru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to come off; to be removed
: (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear
: to be caught; to be harvested
: to be interpreted (as); to be taken as
: (of balance, etc.) to be attained
: to be obtainable

On Reading

しゅ shu

 Usage:

取得 qu3de2: to acquire; 2obtain [しゅとく shutoku: acquisition] + suru verb
取消 qu3xiao1: to cancel [とりけす torikesu: 2cancel (godan w/ su ending) OR とりけし torikeshi: cancellation]
取代 qu3dai4: to replace; supersede; substitute [とりしろ torishiro: portion; one’s share]
取笑 qu3xiao4: to tease; make fun of
取悅 qu3yue4: to try to please
採[采]取 cai3qu3: to adopt/carry out [さいしゅ saishu: picking; collecting; harvesting]
爭[争]取 zheng1qu3: to fight for; win over
考取 kao3qu3: to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to

Japanese expression
取分けて | とりわけて toriwakete: above all; especially
取り入る | とりいる toriiru: to make up to; to curry favor; to butter up (Godan verb with ru ending)
取るに足らない | とるにたらない toru ni taranai
: worthless; valueless
取る物も取り敢えず | とるものもとりあえず toru mono mo toriaezu
: without a moment’s delay; leaving everything else unattended to
あっけに取られる | あっけにとられる akkeni torareru
: to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

Chinese idiom

標新取異 [标新取异] biao1 xin1 qu3 yi4
: to start on something new and different: to display originality
無理取鬧 [无理取闹] wu2 li3 qu3 nao4
:to make trouble without reason: to be deliberately provocative
戰無不勝,攻無不取 [战无不胜,攻无不取] zhan4 wu2 bu4 sheng4 , gong1 wu2 bu4 qu3
: to triumph in every battle and win every fight: all-conquering; ever victorious; nothing they can’t do

 Etymology:


会意 Associative Compound.
Hand 又 (you4: also; again) taking the
ear 耳 (er3: ear) of dead enemy.

the form is a 又 “right hand” grabbing the 耳 “ear”: hence the meaning 取 “to grab”



 Examples:


我無法取代她。
wo3 wu2fa3 qu3dai4 ta1.
I can’t replace her.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary