Definition
拾 (shí) is a relatively formal or literary verb meaning 'to pick up (from the ground)'; it contrasts with the everyday, colloquial 捡 (jiǎn). It also means 'to collate or arrange' (e.g., documents), a sense that 捡 does not share.
verb
to pick upto collate or arrange
Easily confused
- 哈hālook-alike(interjection) ha! (expressing surprise, realization, or satisfaction)
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 给gěilook-alike(verb) to give
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 拿nálook-aliketo hold, to take (in one's hand)
- 时shísound-alike(noun) time, period, season
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
- 使shǐsound-aliketo cause, to make (someone do something)
- 十shísound-aliketen
- 室shìsound-alikeroom (often as a suffix in compound words)
Examples
- 拾。Wǒ cóng dì shàng shí qǐ le yì méi yìngbì.I picked up a coin from the floor.
- 拾。Tā bǎ diào zài dì shàng de huà shí le qǐlái.He picked up the painting that had fallen on the floor.
- 拾。Zhèxiē wénjiàn xūyào àn shùnxù shí hǎo.These documents need to be collated in order.
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