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取

qǔ

HSK 4 Character

What 取 means

1. to take
2. to get
3. to choose
4. to fetch

Example sentences

• 取决于你
  Qǔjuéyú nǐ
  It's up to you.
• 航班取消了
  Hángbān qǔxiāo le
  The flight was cancelled.
• 取悦他很难。
  Qǔyuè tā hěn nán.
  He is rather hard to please.
• 别以貌取人。
  Don't judge people from the way they look.
• 会议取消了。
  The meeting was called off.
• 不要取笑人。
  Don't make fun of people.

Words starting with 取

• 取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
• 取得qǔ déto acquire; to get; to obtain
• 取缔qǔ dìto suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
• 取出qǔ chūto take out; to extract; to draw out
• 取代qǔ dàito replace; to supersede; to supplant
• 取决于qǔ jué yúto hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
• 取名qǔ míngto name; to be named; to christen
• 取向qǔ xiàngorientation; direction
• 取笑qǔ xiàoto tease; to make fun of
• 取暖qǔ nuǎnto warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)
• 取胜qǔ shèngto score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
• 取而代之qǔ ér dài zhī(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
• 取舍qǔ shěto select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
• 取证qǔ zhèngto collect evidence
• 取经qǔ jīngto journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures…
• 取回qǔ huíto retrieve
• 取保qǔ bǎo(law) to get sb to bail one out (from jail)
• 取材qǔ cáito collect material
• 取款qǔ kuǎnto withdraw money from a bank
• 取走qǔ zǒuto remove; to take away
• 取悦qǔ yuèto try to please
• 取景qǔ jǐngto select a scene (for filming, sketching etc)
• 取乐qǔ lèto find amusement; to amuse oneself
• 取道qǔ dàovia; by way of; en route to

Words containing 取

• 采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
• 争取zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for; to win over
• 录取lù qǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam…
• 吸取xī qǔto absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
• 摄取shè qǔto absorb (nutrients etc); to assimilate; intake
• 无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
• 获取huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire
• 收取shōu qǔto receive; to collect
• 领取lǐng qǔto receive; to draw; to get
• 听取tīng qǔto hear (news); to listen to
• 提取tí qǔto withdraw (money); to collect (left luggage); to extract
• 换取huàn qǔto obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
• 夺取duó qǔto seize; to capture; to wrest control of
• 索取suǒ qǔto ask; to demand
• 可取kě qǔdesirable; worth having; (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
• 进取jìn qǔto show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
• 考取kǎo qǔto pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to
• 选取xuǎn qǔto choose
• 读取dú qǔ(of a computer etc) to read (data)
• 汲取jí qǔto draw; to derive; to absorb
• 骗取piàn qǔto gain by cheating
• 赚取zhuàn qǔto make a profit; to earn a packet
• 抽取chōu qǔto extract; to remove; to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
• 谋取móu qǔto seek; to strive for; to obtain

Characters that look like 取

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 秋qiūautumn; fall; harvest time
• 剃tìto shave
• 轭èyoke

Sounds the same

Read qǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 娶to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 曲tune; song
• 龋decayed teeth; dental caries
• 苣used in 苣荬菜; Taiwan pr. jù