HSK 5 · Verbs

摘 zhāi “to pick (fruit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 摘 means

  1. to pick (fruit, flowers)
  2. to take off (glasses, hat etc)
  3. to select
  4. to take
  5. to pick (flowers, fruit etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to pluck
  • to remove
  • to pick out

How to say 摘

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale摘zhāi1st tone, high and level

摘 in a sentence

  1. 进教室的时候请把帽子摘了。

    Jìn jiàoshì de shíhou qǐng bǎ màozi zhāi le.

    Please take off your hat when you enter the classroom.

    Sentence #2032308 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我正在摘苹果。

    Wǒ zhèngzài zhāi píngguǒ.

    I’m picking apples.

    Sentence #13167036 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他为她摘了些花。

    Tā wèi tā zhāi le xiē huā.

    He picked some flowers for her.

    Sentence #796816 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 摘 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 摘 (zhāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
摘zhāito take; to pick; to pluck; to remove
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 啇stalk

How to write 摘

摘 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 摘

Words with 摘

摘要zhāiyào · summary

More words: Common Verbs

预防yùfáng · to prevent运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use造成zàochéng · to bring about占zhàn · to occupy粘贴zhāntiē · to paste展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold掌握zhǎngwò · to master

FAQs

摘 (zhāi) means “to pick (fruit, flowers)” or “to take off (glasses, hat etc)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhāi: zhāi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 摘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 摘 from the suggestions. Typing zhai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
摘 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.