cǎi = c + ai3
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather
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How to pronounce 採

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= c initial

C is for the King of Chu.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai3 final

In the airplane’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

採 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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cǎi = c + ai3
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather
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cǎi = c + ai3
color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]
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cài = c + ai4
allotment to a feudal noble
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Characters with 採 as component

採 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 採

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stripping-to-ore ratio / stripping ratio
(mining) recoverable / workable
(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)

Sentences with 採

採 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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cǎi

to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather

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