采 cǎi

1. 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.
2. 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
• 采取措施(採取措施) to adopt measures; to take steps
• 采油(採油) oil extraction; oil recovery
• 采纳(採納) to accept; to adopt
• 应采儿(應採兒) Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi
• 无精打采(無精打采) dispirited and downcast; listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 采花大盗(採花大盜) lit. flower thief; fig. rapist
• 声采(聲采) color and sound
• 采女 a title for an imperial concubine ; Cai Nu
• 盗采(盜採) to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally; illegal mining (or logging etc)
• 文采 literary talent
• 采脂(採脂) tree tapping
• 采录(採錄) to collect and record
• 采办(採辦) to buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure; to stock up
• 光采 honor; glory
• 采买(採買) to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer
• 弗里德里希·尼采(弗里德里希·尼採) Friedrich Nietzsche
• 采矿(採礦) mining
• 神采 an expression
• 采收率(採收率) recovery ratio
• 采樵(採樵) gather firewood
• 采用(採用) to adopt; to employ; to use
• 采证(採證) to collect evidence
• 采掘(採掘) to excavate
• 采光(採光) lighting; day lighting
• 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 采择(採擇) to choose and use; to adopt (a decision)
• 采样率(採樣率) sampling rate
• 采花贼(採花賊) lit. flower thief; fig. rapist
• 神采奕奕 in glowing spirits; bursting with life; radiating health and vigor
• 现场采访(現場採訪) on-the-spot interview
• 可采性 admissibility (of evidence in court) ; (mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
• 金矿开采(金礦開採) gold mining
• 采地 fief; fiefdom
• 采食(採食) to forage; to gather for eating; to pick and eat
• 采访(採訪) to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover ; to visit
• 采取(採取) to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, etc)
• 采场(採場) slope
• 采行(採行) to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
• 采暖(採暖) heating
• 精采 remarkable; outstanding
• 采伐(採伐) to fell; to cut
• 采风(採風) to collect local cultural material
• 风采(風采) elegant manner; graceful
• 兴高采烈(興高采烈) interest high, spirit strong; happy and excited; in high spirits; jubilant
• 采兰赠芍(採蘭贈芍) pick orchids and present peonies; presents between lovers
• 开采(開採) to mine
• 采样(採樣) sampling

Also contained in

采访使 、 闵采尔 、 尼采

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
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — 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