捡
Meaning
jiǎn jian3
- to pick up
- to collect
- to gather
Example sentences
- I picked up a pretty shell at the seaside.
Words with 捡
- 捡骨 jiǎngǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
- 捡漏 jiǎnlòu to repair a leaky roof
- 捡尸 jiǎnshī (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
- 捡拾 jiǎnshí to pick up; to gather