No. 283 in Vietnamese
bắt
"To catch" or "to seize."
In a sentence
Anh ấy bắt tay một người bạn lâu năm.
He shook hands with a long-time friend.
'Bắt' is used in the context of the phrase 'bắt tay', meaning 'to shake hands'.
Cảnh sát đã bắt kẻ trộm vào tối qua.
The police caught the thief last night.
'Bắt' means 'to catch' or 'to apprehend' in this context.
Họ bắt đầu cuộc họp vào lúc 9 giờ sáng.
They started the meeting at 9 a.m.
'Bắt' is part of the phrase 'bắt đầu', meaning 'to start' or 'to begin'.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “bắt” in actual Vietnamese podcasts.
Find “bắt” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Vietnamese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Tiếng Việt, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Vietnamese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).