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

本文摘自《人民日报》。

Běn wén zhāizì 《Rénmín Rìbào》.

This article is excerpted from the People's Daily.

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.

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 (xuǎnzì, 'selected from') and 引自 (yǐnzì, 'quoted from').

Stroke Order

摘 zhāi

自 zì