采 (cǎi) means Pick (choose - gathers). Below are 18 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
蜜蜂在花上 采 蜜。
Mìfēng zài huā shàng cǎi mì.
The bees are gathering nectar from the flowers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 蜜蜂
记者 采 访了这位画家。
Jìzhě cǎifǎng le zhè wèi huàjiā.
The reporter interviewed this painter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 采访
公司 采 取了新的办法。
Gōngsī cǎiqǔ le xīn de bànfǎ.
The company adopted a new approach.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 采取
政府 采 取了新的措施。
Zhèngfǔ cǎiqǔ le xīn de cuòshī.
The government adopted new measures.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 措施
领导 采 纳了他的建议。
Lǐngdǎo cǎinà le tā de jiànyì.
The management adopted his suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采纳
这个矿开 采 了三十年。
Zhège kuàng kāicǎi le sānshí nián.
This mine has been worked for thirty years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开采
过度开 采 会破坏环境。
Guòdù kāicǎi huì pòhuài huánjìng.
Over-extraction damages the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开采
明天有一个重要的 采 访。
Míngtiān yǒu yí ge zhòngyào de cǎifǎng.
There is an important interview tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 采访
他一整天都无精打 采 的。
Tā yì zhěngtiān dōu wújīngdǎcǎi de.
He was listless all day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无精打采
他负责公司的原材料 采 购。
Tā fùzé gōngsī de yuáncáiliào cǎigòu.
He is in charge of the company's raw-material purchasing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采购
这个方案最终没有被 采 纳。
Zhège fāng'àn zuìzhōng méiyǒu bèi cǎinà.
This plan was not adopted in the end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采纳
没睡好，他显得无精打 采 。
Méi shuì hǎo, tā xiǎnde wújīngdǎcǎi.
Having slept badly, he looked dispirited.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无精打采
听到好消息，他兴高 采 烈。
Tīngdào hǎo xiāoxi, tā xìng gāo cǎi liè.
At the good news he was elated.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 兴高采烈
春节前大家都忙着 采 购年货。
Chūnjié qián dàjiā dōu mángzhe cǎigòu niánhuò.
Before the Spring Festival everyone is busy buying new-year supplies.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采购
这项研究 采 集了上万份数据。
Zhè xiàng yánjiū cǎijí le shàng wàn fèn shùjù.
This study gathered tens of thousands of data records.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采集
孩子们兴高 采 烈地跑了出去。
Háizimen xìng gāo cǎi liè de pǎo le chūqù.
The children ran out in high spirits.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 兴高采烈
研究人员在山上 采 集植物标本。
Yánjiū rényuán zài shān shang cǎijí zhíwù biāoběn.
The researchers collected plant specimens up in the mountains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采集
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Words that contain 采
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Questions about 采
How is 采 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 采 (cǎi, "Pick (choose - gathers)"), 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 采 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 采 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 采?
The dictionary page for 采 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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