摘 zhāi
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 啇 stalk, stem, root, foot, base
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
摘要
zhāiyào
abstract; summary; to summarise
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 评审先读摘要，再决定是否进入全文讨论。 Píngshěn xiān dú zhāiyào, zài juédìng shìfǒu jìnrù quánwén tǎolùn. The reviewers first read the abstract, then decide whether to move on to a full-text discussion.
- 我写论文之前，先把几篇重要文章做了摘要。 Wǒ xiě lùnwén zhīqián, xiān bǎ jǐ piān zhòngyào wénzhāng zuòle zhāiyào. Before writing my paper, I first made summaries of several important articles.
- 老师要求学生用两句话摘要这篇课文的内容。 Lǎoshī yāoqiú xuéshēng yòng liǎng jù huà zhāiyào zhè piān kèwén de nèiróng. The teacher asked the students to summarise the content of the text in two sentences.
Related words
- 摘 zhāi to pick; to take off
- 采摘 cǎizhāi to pick; to harvest by hand
- 要 yào to want; will, should
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 不要 búyào do not; must not
- 就要 jiùyào about to
- 快要 kuàiyào soon; about to
- 要求 yāoqiú requirement; request
- 只要 zhǐyào as long as; only need
- 主要 zhǔyào main; mainly
- 必要 bìyào necessary
- 需要 xūyào to need