HSK 5 · Verbs

捡 jiǎn “to pick up” in Chinese

Traditional 撿

What 捡 means

  1. to pick up
  2. to collect
  3. to gather

How to say 捡

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捡jiǎn3rd tone, dipping

捡 in a sentence

  1. 她捡了许多漂亮的小石头。

    Tā jiǎn le xǔduō piàoliang de xiǎo shítou.

    She picked up lots of pretty little stones.

    Sentence #1876125 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谁捡到就归谁！

    Shéi jiǎn dào jiù guī shéi!

    Finders keepers!

    Sentence #13894813 from Tatoeba

  3. 我在修理回家路上捡到的收音机。

    Wǒ zài xiūlǐ huíjiā lùshang jiǎn dào de shōuyīnjī.

    I’m fixing the radio I found on my way home.

    Sentence #1323678 from Tatoeba

How 捡 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 捡 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

How to write 捡

捡 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 捡

More words: Common Verbs

及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test集中jízhōng · to concentrate计算jìsuàn · to count记录jìlù · to record建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about交换jiāohuàn · to exchange

FAQs

捡 (jiǎn) means “to pick up” or “to collect”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎn: jiǎn with a 3rd 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, 捡 is written 撿. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捡 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捡 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.