捡 (撿) jiǎn

1. jiǎn verb to pick up; to collect; to gather
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '撿'; Guoyu '撿' v 1; Mathews 1931 '撿', p. 117; Unihan '撿')
2. jiǎn verb to bind; to restrict
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撿' 1, p. 197; Mathews 1931 '撿', p. 117)
3. jiǎn verb to tally; to check
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撿' 2, p. 197; Mathews 1931 '撿', p. 117)
4. jiǎn verb to revise; to collate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '撿', p. 117)

Contained in

• 捡拾(撿拾) to pick up; to gather
• 捡柴(撿柴) collect firewood
• 捡穷(撿窮) scavenging
• 捡场(撿場) person responsible for cleaning the stage
• 捡到篮里就是菜(撿到籃裡就是菜) all is grist that comes to the mill
• 捡察(撿察) inspect
• 捡校(撿校) to collate
• 捡便宜(撿便宜) to pickup cheap items ; obtain good value with little expense
• 捡尸(撿屍) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
• 捡骨(撿骨) bone-gathering
• 捡起(撿起) to pick up
• 捡书(撿書) to revise a document
• 捡了芝麻丢了西瓜(撿了芝麻丟了西瓜) to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles
• 捡束(撿束) to bind; to restrain
• 捡起来(撿起來) to pick up

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 95 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 卷四六　補列傳第三八 循吏 Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 1
• 序 Preface Exemplary Figures 法言 — count: 1
• 卷九十二　列傳第八十:　　恩幸 Volume 92 Biographies 80: Noble Favorites History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 卷三十七　列傳第二十七 沈慶之 宗愨 Volume 37 Biographies 27: Shen Qingzhi, Zong Que History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
• 卷三　　魏本紀第三:　　高祖孝文帝 Volume 3 Wei Annals 3: Emperor Gaozu Xiaowen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 捡括 (撿括) 捡括参合 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十下 文苑列傳 Volume 80b: Biographies of Writers 2 — count: 4
• 去捡 (去撿) 忙放下箸子要親自去撿 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 40 — count: 2
• 挑捡 (挑撿) 只求姑娘我說話別往死里挑撿 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 83 — count: 2
• 人捡 (人撿) 始為使人撿鎮將罪狀之處 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷41 源賀 Volume 41: Yuan He — count: 2
• 推捡 (推撿) 前後皆付瓊推撿 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四六　補列傳第三八 循吏 Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials — count: 2