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捕食

捕食 (bǔ shí): Predation (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

捕食 consists of 2 characters.

to catch, to seize, to capture

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Pinyinbǔ shí

MeaningPredation

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word捕食

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 捕食.

Words with 捕

捕捉bǔ zhuōHSK 6
逮捕dài bǔHSK 6
捕获bǔ huòHSK 7-9
被捕bèi bǔ

Words with 食

美食měi shíHSK 4
食品shí pǐnHSK 4
食堂shí tángHSK 4
主食zhǔ shíHSK 5
粮食liáng shiHSK 5
零食líng shíHSK 5
食物shí wùHSK 5
食用shí yòngHSK 5

3.

How to Use 捕食 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 捕食 with other words naturally.

Verb + Suffixwith者

bǔ捕

shí食

zhě者

neutral

predator

Adverb + Verbwith夜间

yè夜

jiān间

bǔ捕

shí食

Verb + Objectwith猎物

bǔ捕

shí食

liè猎

wù物

Adjective + Nounwith行为

bǔ捕

shí食

xíng行

wéi为

4.

Example Sentences with 捕食

māo猫

bǔ捕

shí食

lǎo老

shǔ鼠

。

Cats prey on mice.

neutral

nocturnal predation

neutral

prey on game

formal

Written

predatory behavior

zài在

fēi非

zhōu洲

cǎo草

yuán原

shàng上

，

liè猎

bào豹

yǐ以

jīng惊

rén人

de的

sù速

dù度

bǔ捕

shí食

dèng瞪

líng羚

。

On the African savanna, cheetahs prey on gazelles with astonishing speed.

nǐ你

jiàn见

guò过

zhāng章

yú鱼

shì是

rú如

hé何

zài在

shān珊

hú瑚

jiāo礁

zhōng中

qiǎo巧

miào妙

bǔ捕

shí食

de的

ma吗

？

Have you ever seen how an octopus skillfully preys within coral reefs?

lǎo老

yīng鹰

zài在

kōng空

zhōng中

bǔ捕

shí食

xiǎo小

dòng动

wù物

。

Eagles hunt small animals in the sky.

zhè这

zhǒng种

zhī蜘

zhū蛛

bìng并

bù不

zhǔ主

dòng动

bǔ捕

shí食

，

ér而

shì是

jié结

wǎng网

děng等

dài待

liè猎

wù物

shàng上

mén门

。

This type of spider does not actively hunt; instead, it spins webs to wait for prey to come.

wèi为

le了

shēng生

cún存

，

běi北

jí极

xióng熊

bì必

xū须

zài在

bīng冰

miàn面

shàng上

bǔ捕

shí食

hǎi海

bào豹

。

To survive, polar bears must prey on seals on the ice.

shī狮

zi子

tōng通

cháng常

zài在

yè夜

jiān间

bǔ捕

shí食

，

yǐ以

líng羚

yáng羊

wéi为

zhǔ主

yào要

liè猎

wù物

。

Lions usually hunt at night, with antelopes as their main prey.

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

zài在

jì纪

lù录

piàn片

lǐ里

kàn看

dào到

，

hǔ虎

jīng鲸

huì会

hé合

zuò作

bǔ捕

shí食

dà大

xíng型

yú鱼

lèi类

。

I saw in a documentary yesterday that killer whales cooperate to hunt large fish.