取
Meaning
- to take
- to get
- to choose
Example sentence
取决于你
It's up to you.
The character 取
取 is 耳, an ear, beside 又, a hand — from the grim old practice of counting the dead by their ears. Now it is to fetch: 取钱 to draw money, 取消 to cancel, 录取 to admit a candidate.
Words containing 取
- 取得 qǔ dé to acquire; to get; to obtain
- 采取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- 取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- 争取 zhēng qǔ to fight for
- 获取 huò qǔ to gain; to get; to acquire
- 录取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam