捡
jiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

捡
 - 
jiǎn
  1. to pick up
  2. to collect
  3. to gather

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

捡
jiǎn
  1. 1 to pick up
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 to gather
捡尸
jiǎn shī
  1. 1 (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
捡拾
jiǎn shí
  1. 1 to pick up
  2. 2 to gather

Idioms (2)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
  1. 1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对嘛！拜托下次我要丢的东西，你别再给我捡回来了，你要就送人，捡回来我也不会用的。
duì ma ！bàituō xiàcì wǒ yào diū de dōngxi ，nǐ bié zài gěi wǒ jiǎn huílai le ，nǐ yào jiù sòng rén ，jiǎn huílai wǒ yě bùhuì yòng de 。
So I'm right, no? The next time I want to throw something away, please don't pick it back out of the trash for me. If you want to give it away that's fine, but I won't use it if you bring it back for me.
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哇，那你真是捡到宝了，这样的女朋友给我来一打，我真是求之不得。
wā ，nà nǐ zhēn shì jiǎndào bǎo le ，zhèyàng de nǚpéngyou gěi wǒ lái yī dǎ ，wǒ zhēn shì qiú zhī bùdé 。
Wow, you've got a real keeper there. Whenever a girl like that comes along, give me a dozen of them. A girlfriend like that is exactly what I'm looking for.
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快点去捡回来！
kuài diǎn qù jiǎn huílai ！
Hurry up and fetch it back out again!
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没事儿！五秒钟内捡起来都不沾细菌。
méishìr ！wǔ miǎozhōng nèi jiǎn qǐlai dōu bù zhān xìjùn 。
It's fine! It doesn't get covered in germs if you pick it up within five seconds.
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我已经说了好几遍了，是因为坐我旁边的人笔掉了，我帮他捡起来而已！
wǒ yǐjīng shuōle hǎojǐ biàn le ，shì yīnwèi zuò wǒ pángbiān de rén bǐ diào le ，wǒ bāng tā jiǎn qǐlai éryǐ ！
B: I already said several times that it was because the person next to me dropped their pen, I just helped him pick it up for him!
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他的笔掉了，他自己不会捡，还要你捡？哪来那么多理由？
tā de bǐ diào le ，tā zìjǐ búhuì jiǎn ，hái yào nǐ jiǎn ？nǎ lái nàme duō lǐyóu ？
A: If he dropped his pen why wouldn't he pick it up himself instead of getting you to pick it up for him? Where do you get off with all these excuses?
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就告诉你，我是帮他捡笔！
jiù gàosu nǐ ，wǒ shì bāng tā jiǎn bǐ ！
B: I told you I was helping him pick up his pen!
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你是在哪里捡到的？
nǐ shì zài nǎli jiǎn dào de ？
Where did you find it?
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伯伯，我捡到钱。
bóbo ，wǒ jiǎndào qián 。
Sir, I found some money on the ground.
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你是什么时候捡到的？
nǐ shì shénme shíhou jiǎn dào de ？
When did you find it?
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