| cǎi | to pick/to pluck/to collect/to select/to choose/to gather |
| cǎi | affairs/gather |
| cài | allotment to a feudal noble |
| 采 | to pick to pluck to collect |
| 采买 | purchase buy |
| 采伐 | fell cut |
| 采伐迹地 | cutting-blank; cutover land |
| 采伐量 | fall; cutting |
| 采信 | accept and believe |
| 采光 | lighting day lighting |
| 采光井 | light well; light shaft; dry area; areaway |
| 采兰赠芍 | lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers |
| 采写 | cover |
| 采出 | to extract to mine |
| 采制 | collect and process |
| 采办 | buy on a considerable scale purchase |
| 采取 | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) to take |
| 采取主动 | to take the initiative |
| 采取措施 | to adopt measures to take steps |
| 采取攻势 | to take the offensive; to assume the offensive; to be on the offensive; to act on the offensive |
| 采取步骤 | to take steps |
| 采取紧急措施 | to take emergency measures |
| 采取行动 | to take action to adopt policies to move on some issue |