摘
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zhāi · to pick, to pluck, to select, to take

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HSK 2.0 · Level 5HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #5217
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14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 摘

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zhāiWords pronounced zhāi
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Example sentences

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Tā kuài sù liú lǎn zhāi yào, xún zhǎo yào zhǎo de lùn wén.他快速瀏覽摘要,尋找要找的論文。

He quickly read through the abstracts to find the paper he was looking for.

Source: Tatoeba #13504848 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bǎ nǐ men de màozi zhāi xià lái.把你们的帽子摘下来。

Take off your hats.

Source: Tatoeba #9964342 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hé bié rén de kàn fǎ háo bù xiāng tóng; hěn jiǔ yǐ lái, rén men jiù zhǐ zhāi wǒ zhè yì diǎn.我和别人的看法毫不相同;很久以来,人们就指摘我这一点。

My way of looking at things is not at all similar to other people's. For a long time, people have criticized my point of view.

Source: Tatoeba #2037154 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhāi xià le jiǎfà.我摘下了假发。

I took off my wig.

Source: Tatoeba #9960204 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ zhāi xià le tā de lǎo huā jìng.湯姆摘下了他的老花鏡。

Tom took his reading glasses off.

Source: Tatoeba #10339661 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhāi xià màozi jìn le jiào táng.我摘下帽子进了教堂。

I took off my hat and entered the church.

Source: Tatoeba #5556101 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 摘 in context

  1. Say zhāi, then recall the core meaning: to pick, to pluck, to select, to take.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 采摘 (cǎi zhāi), meaning “to pluck”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 摘 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.