捡
jiǎn
to pick up
- Strokes
- 10
- Level
- HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,933
- Traditional
- 撿
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What 捡 means
to pick up; to collect; to gather
Words with 捡
- 捡尸jiǎn shī(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
- 捡拾jiǎn shíto pick up; to gather
- 捡漏jiǎn lòuto repair a leaky roof; (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick; (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value); (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
- 捡骨jiǎn gǔbone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
捡 in a sentence
nǐ bú jiè yì de lù shang jiǎn dōng xī huí lái ？
Would you mind picking up something on the way back?
wǒ zài xiū lǐ huí jiā lù shang jiǎn dào de shōu yīn jī 。
I'm fixing the radio which I found on my way home.
tā jiǎn le xǔ duō piào liang de xiǎo shí tou 。
She picked up beautiful stones.
wǒ zài hǎi biān jiǎn le gè piào liang bèi ké 。
I picked up a pretty shell at the seaside.