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采

cài · cai/cǎi · cai

Traditional 採

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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cài 采

  1. allotment to a feudal noble

cǎi 採

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

cǎi 采

  1. color
  2. complexion
  3. looks
  4. variant of 彩 (cǎi)
  5. variant of 採 / 采 (cǎi)
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Picking tea

  1. Dengdeng

    听说(tīngshuō)春天(chūntiān)可以(kěyǐ)去(qù)采(cǎi)茶(chá)。

    I heard you can go pick tea in spring.

  2. Liangliang

    采(cǎi)茶(chá)怎么(zěnme)采(cǎi)？

    How do you pick tea?

  3. Dengdeng

    就是(jiùshì)把(bǎ)茶树(cháshù)上(shàng)的(de)叶子(yèzi)一片一片(yīpiànyīpiàn)采下来(cǎixiàlai)。

    You pick the leaves off the tea bushes one by one.

  4. Liangliang

    好玩(hǎowán)吗(ma)？

    Is it fun?

  5. Dengdeng

    好玩(hǎowán)，不过(bùguò)一天(yītiān)要(yào)采(cǎi)很多(hěnduō)。

    Fun, but you have to pick a lot in a day.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)采(cǎi)一个小时(yīgèxiǎoshí)，就(jiù)想(xiǎng)喝茶(hēchá)了(le)。

    Then after an hour of picking I'd just want to drink tea.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)在(zài)春(chūn)天(tiān)采(cǎi)野(yě)花(huā)。

She likes to pick wildflowers in spring.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)采(cǎi)了(le)一(yì)些(xiē)水(shuǐ)果(guǒ)做(zuò)果(guǒ)酱(jiàng)。

We gathered some fruit to make jam.

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