(cǎi) — to pick, to pluck (flowers, fruit, tea); to collect, to gather (samples, data, ore); to select, to choose (candidates, personnel)

Definição

Literary/formal verb covering 'pick, collect, select' — 摘 is the everyday word for picking flowers/fruit, 挑选 is for choosing people/things; 采 appears more in writing and compounds like 采集/采摘.

verb
to pickto pluck (flowers, fruit, tea)to collectto gather (samples, data, ore)to selectto choose (candidates, personnel)

Exemplos

  • Nóng mín men zǎo shàng wǔ diǎn jiù qù cǎi chá le.
    The farmers go to pick tea at five in the morning.
  • Yán jiū rén yuán cóng hé lǐ cǎi le shuǐ yàng.
    The researchers collected water samples from the river.
  • Tā men cóng hòu xuǎn rén zhōng cǎi zé le sān wèi.
    They selected three people from the candidates.

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