HSK 6 · Verbs

采集 cǎijí “to gather” in Chinese

Traditional 採集

What 采集 means

  1. to gather
  2. to collect
  3. to harvest

How to say 采集

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale采cǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale集jí2nd tone, rising

采集 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆和玛丽亚到树林里采集蘑菇去了。

    Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlìyà dào shùlín lǐ cǎijí mógu qù le.

    Tom and Maria went into the woods to gather mushrooms.

    Sentence #10301645 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 采集 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 采 (cǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
采cǎito pick
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 木tree · mù
The character 集 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
集jíto gather
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 采集

采 8 strokes · 集 12 strokes

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采集 (cǎijí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 采集 (cǎijí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 采集

Words with 采

采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures采访cǎifǎng · to interview采纳cǎinà · to adopt采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)开采kāicǎi · to mine无精打采wújīngdǎcǎi · listless兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits

Words with 集

集合jíhé · to gather集中jízhōng · to concentrate集体jítǐ · collective (decision)集团jítuán · group

More words: Common Verbs

补救bǔjiù · to remedy部署bùshǔ · to deploy布置bùzhì · to arrange捕捉bǔzhuō · to catch残留cánliú · to remain操练cāoliàn · to drill操纵cāozòng · to control搀chān · to support by the arm

FAQs

采集 (cǎijí) means “to gather” or “to collect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cǎijí: cǎi with a 3rd tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 采集 is written 採集. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 采集 from the suggestions. Typing caiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
采集 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.