jiǎn
ramasser; collecter; rassembler
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我在街上捡到一个钱包。
wǒ zài jiē shàng jiǎn dào yī ge qián bāo.
I found a wallet on the street.
你捡到我的手机了吗？
nǐ jiǎn dào wǒ de shǒu jī le ma?
Have you found my phone?
我们捡了一些蘑菇。
wǒ men jiǎn le yī xiē mó gu.
We picked some mushrooms.
丢 (diū)
lose
扔 (rēng)
throw away
The Chinese character 捡 (jiǎn) is composed of two parts: the radical 扌(shǒu), which indicates an action related to the hand, and the phonetic component 检 (jiǎn), which provides a clue to its pronunciation. The original meaning of 捡 is "to pick up something from the ground". It can be traced back to the oracle bone script, where it was depicted as a hand holding a stick to pick up an object. Over time, the character simplified and its meaning expanded to include the idea of "to select" or "to choose". In modern Chinese, 捡 is commonly used in phrases such as 捡东西 (jiǎn dōngxi, "to pick up something"), 捡便宜 (jiǎn piányi, "to take advantage of a bargain"), and 捡漏 (jiǎn lòu, "to pick up a bargain").
