採取

See also: 采取

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
trad. (採取)		採	取
simp. (采取)		采	取

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎiqǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² ceoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhái-chhí
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhái-chhú / chhái-chhí

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai² cu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎiqǔ [Phonetic: cáiqǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎicyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-chʻü³
  - Yale: tsǎi-chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaecheu
  - Palladius: цайцюй (cajcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi² ceoi²
  - Yale: chói chéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² tsoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi² cêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái-chhí
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˋ qi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai³ qi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯³¹ t͡sʰi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhayzhuo
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaychie
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai² cu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái tshú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

採取

to adopt; to take (e.g. measures)
採取措施／采取措施 ― cǎiqǔ cuòshī ― to take measures

採取行動／采取行动 ― cǎiqǔ xíngdòng ― to take action

採取堅定立場／采取坚定立场 ― cǎiqǔ jiāndìng lìchǎng ― to take a firm stance
to get; to acquire; to take; to draw

Synonyms

(to adopt):

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來到 / 来到 (láidào)
執行 / 执行 (zhíxíng)
奉行 (fèngxíng)
實施 / 实施 (shíshī)
實現 / 实现 (shíxiàn)
實行 / 实行 (shíxíng)
實踐 / 实践 (shíjiàn)
履行 (lǚxíng)
推行 (tuīxíng)
操作 (cāozuò)
啟動 / 启动 (qǐdòng)
施
施行 (shīxíng)
施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
服行 (fúxíng) (literary)
落地 (figurative)
落實 / 落实 (luòshí)
貫徹 / 贯彻 (guànchè)
踐行 / 践行 (jiànxíng) (literary)
遂行 (suìxíng)

(to get):

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到手 (dàoshǒu)
博得 (bódé)
取 (qǔ)
取得 (qǔdé)
奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
弋取 (yìqǔ) (literary)
得到 (dédào)
得著 / 得着 (dézháo)
拔取 (báqǔ)
獲 / 获
獲取 / 获取 (huòqǔ)
獲得 / 获得 (huòdé)
獲致 / 获致 (huòzhì) (formal)
贏得 / 赢得 (yíngdé)
集取 (jíqǔ) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
採	取
さい Grade: 5	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕɨ]
(Tokyo) さいしゅ [sáꜜìshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) さいしゅ [sàíshú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

採(さい)取(しゅ) • (saishu)

picking, harvesting; collection; gathering; sampling

Verb

採(さい)取(しゅ)する • (saishu suru) transitive suru (stem 採(さい)取(しゅ)し (saishu shi), past 採(さい)取(しゅ)した (saishu shita))

pick, harvest; collect; gather; sample
- 2025 March 26, 東徹 [Tōru Azuma], quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　経済産業委員会　第4号　令和7年3月26日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, No. 4, March 26, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 25 September 2025:
  ということは、中国が処理水を採取して検査をするということになるんですか。
  To iu koto wa, Chūgoku ga shorisui o saishu shite kensa o suru to iu koto ni naru n desu ka.
  Does this mean that China will sample the treated water and conduct testing?

Conjugation

Conjugation of "採取する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	採取し	さいしゅし	saishu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	採取し	さいしゅし	saishu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	採取する	さいしゅする	saishu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	採取する	さいしゅする	saishu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	採取すれ	さいしゅすれ	saishu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	採取せよ¹ 採取しろ²	さいしゅせよ¹ さいしゅしろ²	saishu seyo¹ saishu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	採取される	さいしゅされる	saishu sareru
Causative	採取させる採取さす	さいしゅさせるさいしゅさす	saishu saseru saishu sasu
Potential	採取できる	さいしゅできる	saishu dekiru
Volitional	採取しよう	さいしゅしよう	saishu shiyō
Negative	採取しない	さいしゅしない	saishu shinai
Negative continuative	採取せず	さいしゅせず	saishu sezu
Formal	採取します	さいしゅします	saishu shimasu
Perfective	採取した	さいしゅした	saishu shita
Conjunctive	採取して	さいしゅして	saishu shite
Hypothetical conditional	採取すれば	さいしゅすれば	saishu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“採取”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
採	取

Noun

採取 • (chaechwi) (hangeul 채취)

hanja form^? of 채취 (“collection”)