Chinese Notes

采 cǎi

cǎi verb to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This character is also an archaic variant of the modern traditional character 採.
cǎi noun color
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Variant of 彩; for example, 兴高采烈 'enthusiasm high, spirit strong' (CCI p. 35)

Contained in

采砂场(採砂場) sandpit; sand quarry
采声(采聲) applause
采取行动(採取行動) to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue
采风(採風) to collect local cultural material
采访记者(採訪記者) investigative reporter
采访(採訪) to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover ; to visit
采煤(採煤) coal mining; coal extraction; coal cutting
采油(採油) oil extraction; oil recovery
采样率(採樣率) sampling rate
采集(採集) to gather; to collect; to harvest
采购订单(採購訂單) purchase order
采樵(採樵) gather firewood
采景(採景) to choose a location; to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc)
采用(採用) to adopt; to employ; to use
剥采比(剝採比) stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
可采(可採) (mining) recoverable; workable
兴高采烈(興高采烈) interest high, spirit strong; happy and excited; in high spirits; jubilant
无精打采(無精打采) dispirited and downcast; listless; in low spirits; washed out
没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
采出(採出) to extract; to mine
采收率(採收率) recovery ratio
采珠(採珠) to dive for pearls
采矿场(采礦場) mining area
采地 fief; fiefdom
采取(採取) to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, etc)
采购(採購) to make purchases for an organization or enterprise; to purchase
采样(採樣) sampling
采果(採果) fruit picking
采掘(採掘) to excavate
缯采(繒采) colored silk
弗里德里希·尼采(弗里德里希·尼採) Friedrich Nietzsche
光采 honor; glory
采伐(採伐) to fell; to cut
精采 remarkable; outstanding
采制(採制) to collect and process
采矿业(採礦業) mining /mining industry
采纳(採納) to accept; to adopt
采证(採證) to collect evidence
采摘(採摘) to pluck; to pick
采花(採花) to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women
采花大盗(採花大盜) lit. flower thief; fig. rapist
采购员(採購員) buyer; purchasing agent
开采(開採) to mine
金矿开采(金礦開採) gold mining
回采(回採) stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction; to pull back
采花贼(採花賊) lit. flower thief; fig. rapist
现场采访(現場採訪) on-the-spot interview
应采儿(應採兒) Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi
采场(採場) slope

Also contained in

闵采尔、杨采妮

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷12　志第7　禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 35
卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 25
卷一百五十一志第一百〇四輿服三 Volume 151 Treatises 104: Carriages and Clothes 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
卷二十五志第十五輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 23
卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 23
卷二百八十八列傳第一百七十六文苑四 Volume 288 Biographies 176: Literature 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
卷一百〇二志第五十五禮五 Volume 102 Treatises 55: Rites 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
卷十四志第四禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 17
卷五十五志第三十一禮九 Volume 55 Treatises 31: Rites 9 History of Ming 明史 — count: 16

Collocations

采蘩 (采蘩) 采蘩 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧采蘩 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cai Fan — count: 15
言采 (言采) 薄言采之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧芣苢 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Fu Yi — count: 14
采苹 (采蘋) 采蘋 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧采蘋 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cai Ping — count: 14
采薇 (采薇) 采薇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧采薇 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Cai Wei — count: 12
五采 (五采) 以五采彰施于五色 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 10
三采 (三采) 藻三采六等 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 7
采葑 (采葑) 采葑采菲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 6
纳采 (納采) 禮有納采 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
采芑 (采芑) 采芑 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 5
采菽 (采菽) 采菽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧采菽 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Cai Shu — count: 5