shí
ramasser; collecter; dix [formel]
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我拾到了一部手机。
wǒ shí dào le yī bù shǒu jī.
I found a mobile phone.
他把拾到的钱交给了警察。
tā bǎ shí dào de qián jiāo gěi le jǐng chá.
He handed the money he found to the police.
拾金不昧是中华民族的传统美德。
shí jīn bù mèi shì zhōng huá mín zú de chuán tǒng měi dé.
Returning lost property is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.
捡 (jiǎn)
pick up
拾取 (shíqǔ)
pick up
放 (fàng)
put down
丢 (diū)
lose
The Chinese character 拾 (shí) for "ten" is composed of two parts: the upper part is the radical 拾 (shí), which means "to pick up" or "to gather", and the lower part is the character 十 (shí), which means "ten". The combination of these two parts suggests the idea of "picking up ten things", which is consistent with the meaning of the character 拾.The character 拾 first appeared in the oracle bone script, the earliest known form of Chinese writing. In the oracle bone script, the character 拾 was written as a pictograph of a hand holding a stick, which was used to pick up objects. Over time, the character evolved and simplified into its current form.The character 拾 is commonly used in Chinese to refer to the number ten, as well as to the act of picking up or gathering something. It is also used in some compound words, such as 拾荒 (shíhuāng), which means "to scavenge", and 拾遗 (shíyí), which means "to collect and preserve lost or forgotten things".
