HSK 5 · Verbs

采取 cǎiqǔ “to adopt or carry out (measures” in Chinese

Said as cáiqǔ

Traditional 採取

What 采取 means

  1. to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
  2. to take

How to say 采取

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale取qǔ3rd tone, dipping

Said as cáiqǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

采取 in a sentence

  1. 我们采取了强有力的预防措施。

    Wǒmen cǎiqǔ le qiángyǒulì de yùfáng cuòshī.

    We took strong preventive measures.

    Sentence #332769 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 因为人很多，今天我们会采取自助餐的形式。

    Yīnwèi rén hěn duō, jīntiān wǒmen huì cǎiqǔ zìzhùcān de xíngshì.

    There are a lot of people today, so we’ll be doing it buffet-style.

    Sentence #8692921 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 接下来该采取什么行动就交给你了。

    Jiēxiàlái gāi cǎiqǔ shénme xíngdòng jiù jiāogěi nǐ le.

    I’ll leave it to you to decide what action to take next.

    Sentence #332543 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 采取 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 取 (qǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
取qǔto take
  • 耳ear · ěr
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 采取

采 8 strokes · 取 8 strokes

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

Words related to 采取

Words with 采

采访cǎifǎng · to interview采纳cǎinà · to adopt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 取

取qǔ · to take吸取xīqǔ · to absorb取消qǔxiāo · to cancel争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)索取suǒqǔ · to ask for取缔qǔdì · to ban无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

More words: Common Verbs

避免bìmiǎn · to avoid表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show补充bǔchōng · to replenish踩cǎi · to step on参与cānyù · to take part (in)插chā · to insert拆chāi · to tear open

FAQs

采取 (cǎiqǔ) means “to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)” or “to take”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cǎiqǔ: cǎi with a 3rd tone, then qǔ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like cáiqǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 采取 is written 採取. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caiqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 采取 from the suggestions. Typing caiqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
采取 is an HSK 5 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.