Keyword
to pick up
- to collect
- to tidy up
- ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
- Frequency
- #1973
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
shí
Mnemonic
To gather 合 things in one's hands 扌
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
收拾
to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
拾
to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
重拾
to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence); to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
不可收拾
(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
拾
to ascend in light steps
拾荒
to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living
拾遗
to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors; to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
捡拾
to pick up; to gather
拾取
to pick up; to collect
拾掇
to clear up; to tidy up; to pick up; to repair
拾级
to go up or down stairs step by step
拾级而上
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
朝花夕拾
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 鲁迅 (LǔXùn)
收拾残局
to clear up the mess; to pick up the pieces
俯拾皆是
lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom); fig. extremely common; easily available
拾金不昧
to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
拾音器
pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)
拾遗补缺
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
执拾
to tidy up (dialect)
路不拾遗
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society
拾获
to find; to pick up; to obtain
众人拾柴火焰高
(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb); (fig.) the more people, the more strength
拾人牙慧
to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own; to parrot
拾零
to pick up bits; to collect scrap material; tidbits; gleanings (used as gossip)