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摘
zhāi
1. to take
2. to borrow
3. to pick (flowers, fruit etc)
4. to pluck
5. to select
6. to remove
7. to take off (glasses, hat etc)
HSK 5 Common • Top 8% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

摘
zhāi
to pick, to pluck, to select, to take
HSK 5 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

报摘
bàozhāi
news digest
指摘
zhǐzhāi
to criticize
采摘
cǎizhāi
to pluck
摘下
zhāixià
to take off
摘借
zhāijiè
to borrow money
摘取
zhāiqǔ
to pluck
摘帽
zhāimào
lit. to take off a hat
摘引
zhāiyǐn
quote
摘抄
zhāichāo
to extract
摘牌
zhāipái
to delist (a traded security)
摘由
zhāiyóu
high points (of a document)
摘要
zhāiyào
summary
HSK 6
摘记
zhāijì
to take notes
摘译
zhāiyì
quoted (from)
摘录
zhāilù
to extract
摘除
zhāichú
to excise
文摘
wénzhāi
digest (of literature)
活摘
huózhāi
to harvest (an organ) from a living person
摘帽子
zhāimàozi
lit. to take off a hat
读者文摘
dúzhěwénzhāi
Reader's Digest

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,025
Word Frequency Rank
7,049 of 84,292

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