采取
Written cǎi qǔ, said cái qǔ — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- to take
Example sentence
必须采取一些行动了！
Something must be done!
Characters in 采取
- 采 cǎi to pick, to gather; to adopt, to select
- 取 qǔ to take
采 to pick plus 取, to take. 采 gives 采用 and 开采; 取 gives 取得 and 取消. Used of measures and attitudes, never of objects.