摘自

zhāizì

verb #35,409

Meanings

1 excerpted from
2 extracted from
3 taken from (a source)

Characters

to pluck, to pick, to select

Examples

HSK 5

这段话摘自鲁迅的散文。

Zhè duàn huà zhāizì Lǔ Xùn de sǎnwén.

This passage is taken from an essay by Lu Xun.

HSK 7-9

本文摘自《人民日报》。

Běnwén zhāizì 《 Rénmín Rìbào 》.

This article is excerpted from the People's Daily.

Tips

usage

Bookkeeping/citation phrase: 摘 (pluck) + 自 (from). Always followed by the source. Stylistically equivalent to English 'Excerpted from...' or 'Adapted from...' at the bottom of an article. Compare 选自 ('selected from') and 引自 ('quoted from').

Stroke Order

摘 zhāi

自 zì