# 采集 (cǎijí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 采集 (cǎijí) means “to gather; to collect”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to gather; to collect
- Pinyin: cǎijí (cai3 ji2)
- Traditional: 採集
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 研究人员正在采集野生植物样本。
  Yánjiū rényuán zhèngzài cǎijí yěshēng zhíwù yàngběn.
  Researchers are gathering wild plant samples.

## Characters

- [采](https://hanziro.com/word/cai-pick/) (cǎi): to pick; to gather
- [集](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-tv-episodes/) (jí): (measure word) for TV episodes; to collect

https://hanziro.com/word/cai-ji-gather/

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