Meaning
pick up; ten (fraud-proof)
Chinese: 捡起；也指数字十的大写。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 拾 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 收拾shōu shito put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair
- 拾得shí déto find; to pick up; to collect
- 重拾chóng shíto pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence); to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
- 拾物shí wùpicked up items (i.e. lost property)
- 拾取shí qǔto pick up; to collect
Example Sentence
他弯下腰，拾起了地上的纸屑。Tā wān xià yāo, shí qǐ le dì shàng de zhǐ xiè.He bent down and picked up the scraps of paper on the ground.
他Tāhe弯wānto bend下腰xià yāo(gymnastics) to do a bridg，拾shíto pick up起qǐto rise了le(completed action)地上dì shàngon the ground的deof纸zhǐpaper (CL:张,沓)屑xièbits。