jiǎn

HSK 6
common
verb

Meaning of

捡 means to pick up; to gather up; to make a bad tradeoff; lose big for small gains. Pronounced jiǎn. HSK 6.

  • to pick up; to gather up
  • to make a bad tradeoff; lose big for small gains

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

zài
biān
jiǎn
le
qián
bāo
 

He picked up a wallet on the roadside.

Qǐng
bāng
jiǎn
xià
diào
zài
shàng
de
 

Please help me pick up the pen that fell on the floor.

Nǎi
nai
měi
tiān
dōu
gōng
yuán
jiǎn
chái
shāo
huǒ
 

Grandma goes to the park every day to collect dry firewood.

Hái
zi
men
zài
shā
tān
shàng
jiǎn
bèi
 

The children are picking up seashells on the beach.

yào
suí
jiǎn
dōng
xi西
chī
 
wèi
shēng
 

Don't pick up food from the ground to eat, it's unsanitary.