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zhāi

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zhāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāi | zhai1
English translation
to take
to borrow
to pick (flowers, fruit etc)
to pluck
to select
to remove
to take off (glasses, hat etc)
to pick, to pluck, to select, to take

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About zhāi

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhāi

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To pick  shǒu a fruit off a branch

Etymology of zhāi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌啇

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Example sentences using zhāi

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7.2 jiē 包括 bāokuò 那些 nà xiē 基本 jīběn 方程 fāng chéng de 摘要 zhāiyào .

Section 2 contains a resume of the fundamental equations.

zhè piān 文章 wénzhāng shì Cóng de 著作 zhùzuò Zhōng 摘录 zhāi lù 出来 chū lái de 精粹 jīng cuì .

The article was a choice extract from her writings.

摘要 zhāiyào 水痘 shuǐ dòu zhèng shì zhǒng Gāo 传染 chuánrǎn xìng ,急性 jí xìng qīn 皮肤 pífū xìng 病毒感染 bìng dú gǎn rǎn , hǎo 儿童 értóng , Cháng 流行 liúxíng 于春 dōng liǎng .

Chickenpox is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella - zoster virus.

设法 shè fǎ yāo zhāi 那些 nà xiē Huā , què àn 失足 shī zú Huá dào 溪里 le .

Trying To pick them up, slipped down the bank into the stream.

回到 huí dào yīng háo zài 增压 zēng yā cāng 摘除 zhāi chú 宇航 yǔ háng mào .

He returned to Eagle and removed his helmet in the repressurized cabin.

Words with zhāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhāi to take zhāi
摘要 zhāiyào summary摘要 zhāiyào
摘除 zhāi chú to excise摘除 zhāi chú
采摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck採摘
摘下 zhāi xià to take off摘下 zhāi xià
摘取 zhāi qǔ to pluck摘取 zhāi qǔ
文摘 wén zhāi summary文摘 wén zhāi
摘录 zhāi lù to extract摘錄
摘抄 zhāi chāo to extract摘抄 zhāi chāo
摘帽 zhāi mào lit. to take off a hat摘帽 zhāi mào
摘译 zhāi yì quoted (from)摘譯
指摘 zhǐ zhāi to criticize指摘 zhǐ zhāi
摘引 zhāi yǐn quote摘引 zhāi yǐn
摘帽子 zhāi mào zi lit. to take off a hat摘帽子 zhāi mào zi
摘记 zhāi jì to take notes摘記

zhāi Decomposition & Compounds

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zhāi Decomposition

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