How to Write "Pick Up" in Chinese

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Part of the video series: How to Write Chinese Characters: "Seeking The Hermit But No Meeting"

Summary: Learn how to write "pick up" in Chinese characters for the poem "Seeking the Hermit But No Meeting" with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.

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By Esther-Xiaohua Liu
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Esther-Xiaohua Liu is a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught Chinese at...read more

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"This word is cai, cai. CAI, cai the third tong. cai means to pick up take some part. If we say to pick up flowers we say cai ya. Writing this way one, two. cai. If we say cai ya. This word means flower, flowers. CAI ya means to pick up the flowers and also you can pick up herbs. You know in ancient Chinese people use herbs for medicine so we often say cai who means to pick up herbs"