Meaning
to borrow; to pick (flowers; fruit); to pluck; to take; to select
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhai” becomes a different word in each tone. 摘 is the 1st 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
- 摘要zhāi yàosummary; abstract
- 摘下zhāi xiàto take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc); to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc); (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
- 摘由zhāi yóuhigh points (of a document); resume
- 文摘wén zhāidigest (of literature); to make a digest (of data); summary
- 活摘huó zhāito harvest (an organ) from a living person
Example Sentence
秋天到了，果园里的人们忙着摘苹果。Qiū tiān dào le, guǒ yuán lǐ de rén men máng zhe zhāi píng guǒ.Autumn has come, and people in the orchard are busy picking apples.
秋天Qiū tiānautumn到了dào leat last，果园guǒ yuánorchard里lǐinside的deof人们rén menpeople忙着máng zheto be occupied with (doing摘zhāito select苹果píng guǒApple (American tech compa。