采 - cǎi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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采 (採)

cǎi

Definition

to pick
to pluck
to collect
to select
to choose
to gather

Other pronunciations

cài

allotment to a feudal noble

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

菜

cài

vegetable; greens; (concept of) vegetable; dish; course; food

踩

cǎi

to step (on); to tread; to stamp; to trample; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike)

彩

cǎi

(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize

睬

cǎi

to pay attention; to take notice of; to care for

寀

cài

feudal estate

Related words (57)

purchase; buy

to fell; to cut

lighting; day lighting

to extract; to mine

collect and process

to buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure; to stock up

采取

cǎi qǔ

to adopt (measures, policies, course of action); to carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take; to resort; to assume; to implement

slope

applause

collect and record

to choose and use; to adopt (a decision)

采掘

cǎi jué

to excavate; to extract (ore)

to pluck; to pick

to choose a location; to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc)

heating

fruit picking

sampling

oil extraction; oil recovery

采煤

cǎi méi

coal mining; coal extraction; coal cutting

to dive for pearls

to use; to adopt; to employ

mining

seed collecting

to accept; to adopt

tree tapping

to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women

采访

cǎi fǎng

to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover

to collect evidence

to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase

fief; benefice

to gather; to collect; to harvest

采风

cǎi fēng

to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)

采食

cǎi shí

to forage; to gather for eating; to pick and eat

recovery ratio

sampling rate

cotton picker

stone pit; quarry

mining

mining area

sandpit; sand quarry

(lit.) flower thief; (fig.) rapist

采购员

cǎi gòu yuán

buyer; purchasing agent

buyer

to adopt measures; to take steps

采取行动

cǎi qǔ xíng dòng

to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue

采花大盗

cǎi huā dà dào

(lit.) flower thief; (fig.) rapist

采访记者

cǎi fǎng jì zhě

investigative reporter

acclaim; cheer

stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction; to pull back

开采

kāi cǎi

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine

文采

wén cǎi

literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors

盗采

dào cǎi

to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally; illegal mining (or logging etc)

神采

shén cǎi

expression; spirit; vigor

风采

fēng cǎi

svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing

剥采比

bō cǎi bǐ

stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio

没精打采

méi jīng dǎ cǎi

listless; dispirited; washed out; also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩

现场采访

xiàn chǎng cǎi fǎng

on-the-spot interview

Idioms (4)

采兰赠芍

cǎi lán zèng sháo

(lit.) pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers

兴高采烈

xìng gāo cǎi liè

happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight

神采奕奕

shén cǎi yì yì

in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life; radiating health and vigor

神采飞扬

shén cǎi fēi yáng

in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor

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