捡 撿
jiǎn
HSK level: HSK 5
Meaning
to pick up; to collect; to gather
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Examples
汤姆捡起了书。
Tāng mǔ jiǎn qǐ le shū。
Tom picked up the book.
我在海边捡了个漂亮贝壳。
wǒ zài hǎi biān jiǎn le gè piào liang bèi ké。
I picked up a pretty shell at the seaside.
我在修理回家路上捡到的收音机。
wǒ zài xiū lǐ huí jiā lù shang jiǎn dào de shōu yīn jī。
I'm fixing the radio I found on my way home.
Words with this character
捡骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-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捡漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof捡尸 jiǎn shī to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault捡拾 jiǎn shí to pick up捡到篮里就是菜 jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài all is grist that comes to the mill捡了芝麻丢了西瓜 jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles