採拾

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	pick up; ten (fraud-proof)
trad. (採拾)		採	拾
simp. (采拾)		采	拾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄕˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-shih²
    • Yale: tsǎi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaeshyr
    • Palladius: цайши (cajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Verb

採拾

1. to pick up

   採拾棉花／采拾棉花  ―  cǎishí miánhuā  ―  to pick a cotton flower

2. to pick

   • 採拾大要 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     采拾大要 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《漕船志敘》

     cǎishí dàyào [Pinyin]

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   • 尚於是採拾樂人 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     尚于是采拾乐人 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     shàng yúshì cǎishí yuèrén [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 荊棘中採拾鮮花 / 荆棘中采拾鲜花