拾 shí in a sentence
Pick up (ten - [complicated form to avoid fraud])
拾 (shí) means Pick up (ten - [complicated form to avoid fraud]). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孩子们在树下 拾 落叶。
Háizimen zài shù xià shí luòyè.
The children are gathering fallen leaves under the tree.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拾
他在路边 拾 到一个钱包。
Tā zài lù biān shí dào yí ge qiánbāo.
He picked up a wallet by the roadside.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拾
请把房间收 拾 一下。
Qǐng bǎ fángjiān shōushi yíxià.
Please tidy up the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收拾
房间太乱了，快收 拾 一下。
Fángjiān tài luàn le, kuài shōushi yíxià.
The room is a mess; tidy it up quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乱
别发呆了，快点收 拾 东西。
Bié fādāi le, kuài diǎn shōushi dōngxi.
Stop daydreaming and hurry up and pack.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发呆
他仓促收 拾 了行李就出门了。
Tā cāngcù shōushi le xíngli jiù chūmén le.
He packed hurriedly and went out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仓促
大伙儿一起动手，很快就收 拾 好了。
Dàhuǒr yìqǐ dòngshǒu, hěn kuài jiù shōushi hǎo le.
Everyone pitched in and it was tidied up in no time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大伙儿
听说可以提前放假，同学们巴不得马上收 拾 行李。
Tīngshuō kěyǐ tíqián fàngjià, tóngxuémen bābùdé mǎshàng shōushi xíngli.
Hearing the holiday might start early, the students could not wait to pack.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴不得
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Words that contain 拾
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Questions about 拾
How is 拾 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 拾 (shí, "Pick up (ten - [complicated form to avoid fraud])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 拾 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拾 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 拾 an HSK word?
Yes — 拾 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 拾?
The dictionary page for 拾 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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