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摘

zhāi
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to take
  2. 2. to borrow
  3. 3. to pick (flowers, fruit etc)
  4. 4. to pluck
  5. 5. to select
  6. 6. to remove
  7. 7. to take off (glasses, hat etc)

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Character focus

Stroke order

14 strokes

Usage notes

Collocations

摘 is commonly used with 花 (flower), 眼镜 (glasses), and 帽子 (hat).

Common mistakes

Do not use 摘 for removing clothes; use 脱 (tuō) instead.

Example Sentences

2 shown
请把眼镜 摘 下来。
Please take off your glasses.
我們在花園裡 摘 花。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 874469)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.