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Jyutping gim2
Pinyin jiǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pick up
  2. to collect
  3. to gather
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    即​係​執
    to pick up
    • 鑽石戒指跌咗喺街度,有咩可能執得返吖?
      钻石戒指跌咗喺街度,有咩可能执得返吖?
      zyun3 sek6 gaai3 zi2 dit3 zo2 hai2 gaai1 dou6, jau5 me1 ho2 nang4 zap1 dak1 faan1 aa1?
      鑽石戒指掉在街上,怎麼可能撿得了呢?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    to put in order
  2. character, Hakka, dialectal
    to take; to get
  3. character
    to pick up; to collect
    (syn.) 拾
    • 撿柴
      捡柴
      jiǎn chái
      to collect firewood
    • 他剛在路上撿到了一百塊錢。
      他刚在路上捡到了一百块钱。
      tā gāng zài lù shàng jiǎn dào le yī bǎi kuài qián .
      He picked up $100 off the ground just now.
  4. character, obsolete
    ^† (alt. form 檢/检) to investigate
  5. character, obsolete
    ^† (alt. form 檢/检) to restrain; to constrain
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. to pick up
  2. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    QOMM
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    QOMO
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #425
  2. HSK3 六级汉字表 #107
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我俯身捡起了掉在地上的笔。
    我俯身撿起了掉在地上的筆。
    wǒ fǔ shēn jiǎn qǐ le diào zài dì shàng de bǐ 。
    • I bent over to pick up my pen which had fallen on the floor.
  2. Mandarin
    她弯低身子,把钱币捡了起来。
    她彎低身子,把錢幣撿了起來。
    tā wān dī shēn zi , bǎ qián bì jiǎn le qǐ lai 。
    • She bent down and picked up the coin.
  3. Mandarin
    有人形容,跟异性交往就好像在海边捡石头,大家都能捡喜欢的那一个。
    有人形容,跟異性交往就好像在海邊撿石頭,大家都能撿喜歡的那一個。
    yǒu rén xíng róng , gēn yì xìng jiāo wǎng jiù hǎo xiàng zài hǎi biān jiǎn shí tou , dà jiā dōu néng jiǎn xǐ huan de nà yí gè 。
    • The way some people see it, associating with the opposite sex is just like going to the seaside and gathering stones; everyone can pick up the ones they like.
  4. Mandarin
    一旦捡到一颗你喜欢的石头,尽快将它带回家并好好对待它,因为那是妳唯一得到的石头。
    一旦撿到一顆你喜歡的石頭,盡快將它帶回家並好好對待它,因為那是妳唯一得到的石頭。
    yī dàn jiǎn dào yī kē nǐ xǐ huan de shí tou , jǐn kuài jiāng tā dài huí jiā bìng hǎo hǎo duì dài tā , yīn wèi nà shi nǐ wéi yī dé dào de shí tou 。
    • Once you've picked up a stone that you like, take it home as soon as you can and treat it well, because that's the only stone you've got.
  5. Mandarin
    你不介意的路上捡东西回来?
    你不介意的路上撿東西回來?
    nǐ bù jiè yì de lù shang jiǎn dōng xī huí lai ?
    • Would you mind picking up something on the way back?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    警察捡获近5,000万港元嘅外围马缆。
    警察撿獲近5,000萬港元嘅外圍馬纜。
    • Nearly 50 millions HK dollars of illegal horse bookmaking slips were seized by the police
  2. Cantonese
    去沙滩捡拾贝壳
    去沙灘撿拾貝殼
    • to comb through a beach for seashells
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    捡柴
    撿柴
    jiǎn chái
    • to collect firewood
  2. Mandarin
    他刚在路上捡到了一百块钱。
    他剛在路上撿到了一百塊錢。
    tā gāng zài lù shàng jiǎn dào le yī bǎi kuài qián .
    • He picked up $100 off the ground just now.
  3. Mandarin
    捡破烂
    撿破爛
    jiǎn pò làn
    • to pick up waste (as a waste picker)
  4. Mandarin
    我想你们青春年少,终日陪伴著我老汉,终有个出头日子,不如乘我尚在,捡点些妆奁,嫁个人家,一夫一妻,也免得后来忙蹙蹙,寻觅头路。
    我想你們青春年少,終日陪伴著我老漢,終有個出頭日子,不如乘我尚在,撿點些妝奩,嫁個人家,一夫一妻,也免得後來忙蹙蹙,尋覓頭路。
    wǒ xiǎng nǐ men qīng chūn nián shào , zhōng rì péi bàn zhe wǒ lǎo hàn , zhōng yǒu ge chū tóu rì zi , bù rú chéng wǒ shàng zài , jiǎn diǎn xiē zhuāng lián , jià ge rén jiā , yī fū yī qī , yě miǎn dé hòu lái máng cù cù , xún mì tóu lù .
    • X
  5. Mandarin
    吃鱼前晒照捡回命
    吃魚前曬照撿回命
    chī yú qián shài zhào jiǎn huí mìng
    • Man saved by sharing photos before eating a fish