採擷

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	collect
trad. (採擷)		採	擷
simp. (采撷)		采	撷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎixié, cǎijié

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄘㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² kit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎixié
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎisié
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-hsieh²
    • Yale: tsǎi-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaeshye
    • Palladius: цайсе (cajse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎijié
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎijié
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-chieh²
    • Yale: tsǎi-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaejye
    • Palladius: цайцзе (cajcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² kit³
    • Yale: chói kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ kʰiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshojX het|xet

Rime
Character	採	擷	擷
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	屑 (87)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV	IV
Fanqie	倉宰切	胡結切	虎結切
Baxter	tshojX	het	xet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/	/ɦet̚/	/het̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/	/ɦet̚/	/het̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/ɣɛt̚/	/xɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/	/ɦɛt̚/	/hɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/	/ɣet̚/	/xet̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/ɣiet̚/	/xiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/	/ɣiet̚/	/xiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	xié	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi2	jit6	hit3

Verb

採擷

1. (literary) to pluck; to pick (fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.)
2. (literary) to gather; to collect

Synonyms

• (to pluck):

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• 採／采 (cǎi)
• 採摘／采摘 (cǎizhāi)
• 摘取 (zhāiqǔ)
• 擷取／撷取 (literary)
• 收摘 (shōuzhāi)

 

• (to gather):

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• 允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
• 匯／汇 (huì)
• 匯總／汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 匯聚／汇聚 (huìjù)
• 匯集／汇集 (huìjí)
• 叢集／丛集 (cóngjí)
• 團聚／团聚 (tuánjù)
• 坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
• 委會／委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
• 密集 (mìjí)
• 彙集／汇集 (huìjí)
• 徵集／征集 (zhēngjí)
• 採／采 (cǎi)
• 採集／采集 (cǎijí)
• 搜羅／搜罗 (sōuluó)
• 搜集 (sōují)
• 摟／搂 (lōu)
• 攏／拢 (lǒng)
• 攢／攒 (cuán)
• 攢聚／攒聚 (cuánjù)
• 攢集／攒集 (cuánjí)
• 收羅／收罗 (shōuluó)
• 收錄／收录 (shōulù)
• 收集 (shōují)
• 會合／会合 (huìhé)
• 會聚／会聚 (huìjù)
• 會集／会集 (huìjí)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 湊集／凑集 (còují)
• 相聚 (xiāngjù)
• 籌集／筹集 (chóují)
• 糾合／纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
• 糾集／纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
• 群集 (qúnjí)
• 聚 (jù)
• 聚合 (jùhé)
• 聚攏／聚拢 (jùlǒng)
• 聚斂／聚敛 (jùliǎn)
• 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)
• 聚集 (jùjí)
• 聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
• 蒐集 (sōují)
• 薈萃／荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
• 蝟集／猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
• 調集／调集 (diàojí)
• 集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 集中 (jízhōng)
• 集合 (jíhé)
• 集會／集会 (jíhuì)
• 集結／集结 (jíjié)
• 麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)