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zhāi

HSK 5freq #5217

Meanings

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zhāi

1.to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
2.to select; to pick out
3.to borrow money at a time of urgent need

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Wiktionary

1.to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves etc.)
2.to take off (glasses, hats, etc)
3.to select; to choose
4.to make notes; to mark
5.to reprimand; to slam; to rebuke
6.to initiate
7.to harass

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 啇 (OC *teːɡ).

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Stroke order

Components

摘扌啇

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我正在摘蘋果。
I'm picking apples.
湯姆正在摘蘋果。
Tom is picking apples.
他为她摘了些花。
He picked flowers for her.
湯姆摘了一些蘋果。
Tom picked some apples.
进教室的时候请把帽子摘了。
Take off your hat when you enter a classroom.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

卜取取捨取舍抉擇抉择挑選挑选掄抡採擇采择揀拣揀擇拣择揀選拣选摘揀摘拣相中看中簡简選中选中選取选取選定选定

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Related words

摘要 summary 摘译 quoted (from)摘帽 lit. to take off a hat 摘抄 to extract 指摘 to criticize 摘除 to excise 摘由 high points (of a document)采摘 to pluck 摘借 to borrow money 摘记 to take notes 活摘 to harvest (an organ) from a living person 文摘 digest (of literature)