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採

cǎi

gather, collect; pick, select

Strokes
11
Radical
手
HSK
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Tone
3

Simplified form: 采

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 采, the simplified form of 採. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我采访了他。

    Wǒ cǎi fǎng le tā

    I interviewed him.

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  • 我们能采访他吗？

    Wǒ men néng cǎi fǎng tā ma

    Can we interview him?

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  • 他们根据情报采取行动。

    Tā men gēn jù qíng bào cǎi qǔ xíng dòng

    They acted on the information.

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  • 接下来该采取什么行动就交给你了。

    Jiē xià lái gāi cǎi qǔ shén me xíng dòng jiù jiāo gěi nǐ le

    I leave it in your hands what course of action to take.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 采

  • 采取cǎi qǔ 3–3 → 2–3to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
  • 采用cǎi yòng 3–4 to adopt; to employ; to use
  • 采访cǎi fǎng 3–3 → 2–3to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
  • 采购cǎi gòu 3–4 to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
  • 采集cǎi jí 3–2 to gather; to collect; to harvest
  • 开采kāi cǎi 1–3 to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
  • 采纳cǎi nà 3–4 to accept; to adopt
  • 兴高采烈xìng gāo cǎi liè 4–1–3–4happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
  • 无精打采wú jīng dǎ cǎi 2–1–3–3dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
  • 采cǎi 3to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather
  • 风采fēng cǎi 1–3 svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing
  • 采矿cǎi kuàng 3–4 mining