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采取

cǎi qǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 採取

采取 (cǎi qǔ) means "to adopt (measures/actions)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 采取 means

1. to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
2. to take

The characters in 采取

• 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose

Example sentences

• 必须采取一些行动了！
  Something must be done!
• 他们根据情报采取行动。
  Tāmen gēnjù qíngbào cǎiqǔ xíngdòng.
  They acted on the information.
• 你们采取什么措施避孕？
  Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?
  What methods of contraception are you using?
• 老人采取了傲慢的态度。
  The old man assumed an impudent attitude.
• 我相信他采取的行动是对的。
  Wǒ xiāngxìn tā cǎiqǔ de xíngdòng shì duì de.
  I believe that his action was in the right.
• 我们采取了强有力的预防措施。
  Wǒmen cǎiqǔ le qiángyǒulì de yùfáng cuòshī.
  We took strong measures to prevent it.

Words starting with 采取

• 采取行动cǎi qǔ xíng dòngto take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue

Where 采取 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Reform, Change & Innovation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cǎi qǔ correctly.
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