HSK 6 · Verbs

采纳 cǎinà “to adopt” in Chinese

Traditional 採納

What 采纳 means

  1. to adopt
  2. to accept (a suggestion)
  3. to accept

How to say 采纳

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纳nà4th tone, falling

采纳 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆希望委员会采纳他的提案。

    Tāngmǔ xīwàng wěiyuánhuì cǎinà tā de tí'àn.

    Tom was hoping the committee would adopt his proposal.

    Sentence #13990017 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 采纳 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 纳 (nà) with each of its parts in a different colour
纳nàto receive
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 内inside · nèiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 内 (nèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with nà.

How to write 采纳

采 8 strokes · 纳 7 strokes

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

Words related to 采纳

Words with 采

采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures采访cǎifǎng · to interview采集cǎijí · to gather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 纳

归纳guīnà · to sum up容纳róngnà · to hold缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled

More words: Thinking & Talking

辩解biànjiě · to justify辨认biànrèn · to identify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise参谋cānmóu · adviser参照cānzhào · to refer to倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate倡议chàngyì · to propose

FAQs

采纳 (cǎinà) means “to adopt” or “to accept (a suggestion)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cǎinà: cǎi with a 3rd tone, then nà with a 4th 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, 采纳 is written 採納. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caina with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 采纳 from the suggestions. Typing caina into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
采纳 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.