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采

cǎi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 採

What 采 means

1. to pick
2. to pluck
3. to collect
4. to select
5. to choose
6. to gather

Other readings

采 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cǎicolor; complexion; looks
• càiused in {采邑|cài yì} and {采地|cài dì}

Example sentences

• 我采访了他。
  Wǒ cǎifǎng le tā.
  I interviewed him.
• 采用他的方法。
  Take his way.
• 采用他的主意。
  Take his ideas.
• 采用他的理念。
  Adopt his concepts.
• 我们能采访他吗？
  Wǒmen néng cǎifǎng tā ma?
  Can we interview him?
• 必须采取一些行动了！
  Something must be done!

Words starting with 采

• 采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect
• 采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
• 采购cǎi gòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
• 采集cǎi jíto gather; to collect; to harvest
• 采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ; to use
• 采纳cǎi nàto accept; to adopt
• 采摘cǎi zhāito pluck; to pick
• 采光cǎi guāngto get natural light (e.g. through a window)
• 采风cǎi fēngto collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)
• 采矿cǎi kuàngmining
• 采样cǎi yàngsampling
• 采暖cǎi nuǎnheating
• 采花cǎi huāto pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women
• 采茶cǎi cháto pick tea leaves
• 采出cǎi chūto extract; to mine
• 采场cǎi chǎngslope
• 采果cǎi guǒfruit picking
• 采种cǎi zhǒngseed collecting
• 采行cǎi xíngto adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
• 采制cǎi zhìto gather and process (herbs etc); (of a reporter) to gather material and put together…
• 采办cǎi bànto buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure
• 采地cài dìfief
• 采证cǎi zhèngto collect evidence
• 采收cǎi shōuto harvest

Words containing 采

• 兴高采烈xìng gāo cǎi lièhappy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
• 开采kāi cǎito extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
• 无精打采wú jīng dǎ cǎidispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 风采fēng cǎisvelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing
• 文采wén cǎiliterary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors
• 尼采Ní cǎiFriedrich Nietzsche (1846–1900), German philosopher
• 神采shén cǎiexpression; spirit; vigor
• 神采飞扬shén cǎi fēi yángin high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
• 神采奕奕shén cǎi yì yìin glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life; radiating health and vigor
• 没精打采méi jīng dǎ cǎilistless; dispirited; washed out
• 喝采hè cǎito acclaim; to cheer
• 可采kě cǎi(mining) recoverable; workable
• 回采huí cǎistoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction
• 可采性kě cǎi xìng(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
• 应采儿Yīng Cǎi érCherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983–), actress
• 集采jí cǎicentralized procurement (abbr. for 集中采购
• 现场采访xiàn chǎng cǎi fǎngon-the-spot interview
• 剥采比bō cǎi bǐstripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
• 盗采dào cǎito mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally; illegal mining (or logging etc)
• 杨采妮Yáng Cǎi nīCharlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer
• 多采duō cǎivariant of 多彩
• 光采guāng cǎivariant of 光彩
• 倒采dào cǎivariant of 倒彩
• 丰采fēng cǎivariant of 风采

Characters built on 木

These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 柰nàiChinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)

Characters that look like 采

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 泵bèngpump (loanword)
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read cǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 彩(bright) color; variety; applause
• 踩to step on; to tread; to stamp
• 睬to pay attention; to take notice of; to care for
• 䌽variant of 彩