采

• Pinyin: cǎi
• Desglose de hanzi: 采 = 爫 (claw/hand) + 木 (tree), depicting picking from a tree

Significado

recoger; recolectar; extraer (recursos)

A versatile verb used for picking plants (采花), collecting samples (采样), mining resources (采矿), and gathering information (采访). Often appears in compound words. The traditional form is 採.

Ejemplos

1. 村民们每年秋天都会上山采蘑菇。
2. 研究人员正在采集土壤样本进行分析。
3. 这片山区盛产煤炭，采了几十年了。

Guía de uso

Contexto: agriculture, research, mining

Tono: active

Correcto

• 我们去采野花吧。(Let's go pick wildflowers.)
• 这里不允许采矿。(Mining is not allowed here.)

Incorrecto

• 我采了一本书。(For taking/getting books, use 拿 or 取 — 采 is for picking/gathering natural things)

Origen e historia

Originally depicted a hand (爪) picking from a tree (木). Simplified from 採, meaning to pluck or gather.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal