摘要 (zhāiyào): summary

Measure Word

一份摘要 fèn

Qǐng xiě yī piān zhāiyào, zǒngjié zhè piān lùnwén de zhǔyào nèiróng.

Please write a summary of the main content of this paper.

Huìyì zhāiyào jiāng zài huì hòu fāsòng gěi suǒyǒu cānyùzhě.

The meeting summary will be sent to all participants after the meeting.

memory

摘 means 'to pick/pluck' and 要 means 'important/essential'. So 摘要 = picking out the essential points — a perfect mnemonic for 'summary'.

摘 zhāi

要 yào