采集 meaning in English

cǎijí

to gather; to collect

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 採集20 strokes

Meaning of 采集

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cǎijí
  1. to gather
  2. to collect
  3. to harvest

采集 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ和hé玛mǎ丽lì亚yà到dào树shù林lín里lǐ采cǎi集jí蘑mó菇gū去qù了le。
Tom and Mary went into the forest to collect mushrooms.
蜜mì蜂fēng为wèi花huā卉huì和hé树shù木mù授shòu粉fěn,并bìng采cǎi集jí花huā蜜mì来lái制zhì造zào蜂fēng蜜mì、蜂fēng胶jiāo和hé蜂fēng毒dú。
Bees pollinate flowers and trees, and collect nectar to make honey, bee glue and bee venom.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

采 cǎi · to pick · 8 strokes

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集 jí · to gather · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 采集.

采取cǎiqǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
集中jízhōngto concentrate; to centralize
采用cǎiyòngto adopt; to employ
集体jítǐcollective (decision); joint (effort)
采访cǎifǎngto interview; to gather news
集合jíhéto gather; to assemble; (math.) set
收集shōujíto gather; to collect
集团jítuángroup; bloc
采购cǎigòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
采纳cǎinàto accept; to adopt
聚集jùjíto assemble; to gather
召集zhàojíto convene; to call together

Questions about 采集

What does 采集 mean?

采集 (cǎijí) means "to gather; to collect" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 采集?

采集 is made of 2 characters: 采 (8 strokes), 集 (12 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 采集 an HSK word?

Yes. 采集 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 采集 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 采集 is written 採集.