Usage of the character 採

to pick
to pluck
to collect
to select
to choose
to gather

cǎichū

采出

[採出]

to extract
to mine

kāicǎi

开采

[開採]

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
to exploit
to mine

càiyì

采邑

[採邑]

fief

cǎichǎng

采场

[採場]

slope

cǎikuàng

采矿

[採礦]

mining

cǎizhī

采脂

[採脂]

tree tapping

cǎinà

采纳

[採納]

to accept
to adopt

cǎiyòng

采用

[採用]

to adopt
to employ
to use

cǎigòu

采购

[採購]

to procure (for an enterprise etc)
to purchase

cǎijué

采掘

[採掘]

to excavate
to extract (ore)

cǎinuǎn

采暖

[採暖]

heating

cǎizhū

采珠

[採珠]

to dive for pearls

cǎi'ěr

采耳

[採耳]

to remove earwax with an ear pick

cǎilù

采录

[採錄]

collect and record

cǎibàn

采办

[採辦]

to buy on a considerable scale
to purchase
to procure
to stock up

cǎiyóu

采油

[採油]

oil extraction
oil recovery

cǎizhāi

采摘

[採摘]

to pluck
to pick

cǎijí

采集

[採集]

to gather
to collect
to harvest

huícǎi

回采

[回採]

stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces)
to extract ore
extraction
to pull back

cǎifēng

采风

[採風]

to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)

jícǎi

集采

[集採]

centralized procurement (abbr. for 集中採購／集中采购 (jízhōngcǎigòu))

Nícǎi

尼采

[尼採]

Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher

cǎijǐng

采景

[採景]

to choose a location
to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc)

cǎifǎng

采访

[採訪]

to interview
to gather news
to hunt for and collect
to cover

cǎixíng

采行

[採行]

to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)

cǎiguāng

采光

[採光]

to get natural light (e.g. through a window)

dàocǎi

盗采

[盜採]

to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally
illegal mining (or logging etc)

cǎiguǒ

采果

[採果]

fruit picking

cǎifá

采伐

[採伐]

to fell
to cut

cǎizhǒng

采种

[採種]

seed collecting

kěcǎi

可采

[可採]

(mining) recoverable
workable

cǎizé

采择

[採擇]

to choose and use
to adopt (a decision)

cǎiméi

采煤

[採煤]

coal mining
coal extraction
coal cutting

cǎihuā

采花

[採花]

to pick flowers
to enter houses at night in order to rape women

cǎizhì

采制

[採製]

to gather and process (herbs etc)
(of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item)

cǎizhèng

采证

[採證]

to collect evidence

cǎiyàng

采样

[採樣]

sampling

cǎimǎi

采买

[採買]

to purchase; to buy
to do one's shopping
purchasing agent; buyer

cǎishí

采食

[採食]

to forage
to gather for eating
to pick and eat

cǎiqǔ

采取

[採取]

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
to take

Cǎizhūrén

采珠人

[採珠人]

The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 ( Bìcái)

cǎigòushāng

采购商

[採購商]

buyer

cǎikuàngyè

采矿业

[採礦業]

mining

cǎimiánjī

采棉机

[採棉機]

cotton picker

cǎishōulü

采收率

[採收率]

recovery ratio

cǎihuāzéi

采花贼

[採花賊]

lit. flower thief
fig. rapist

cǎishíchǎng

采石场

[採石場]

stone pit
quarry

Yīng Cǎi'ér

应采儿

[應採兒]

Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983-), actress

cǎigòuyuán

采购员

[採購員]

buyer
purchasing agent

cǎiyànglü

采样率

[採樣率]

sampling rate

cǎishāchǎng

采砂场

[採砂場]

sandpit
sand quarry

kěcǎixìng

可采性

[可採性]

(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)

bōcǎibǐ

剥采比

[剝採比]

stripping-to-ore ratio
stripping ratio

xiànchǎngcǎifǎng

现场采访

[現場採訪]

on-the-spot interview

cǎihuādàdào

采花大盗

[採花大盜]

lit. flower thief
fig. rapist

cǎiqǔxíngdòng

采取行动

[採取行動]

to take action
to adopt policies
to move on some issue

cǎiqǔcuòshī

采取措施

[採取措施]

to adopt measures
to take steps

cǎifǎngjìzhě

采访记者

[採訪記者]

investigative reporter

cǎilánzèngsháo

采兰赠芍

[採蘭贈芍]

lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers

cǎiméigōngzuòmiàn

采煤工作面

[採煤工作面]

(mining) coalface