摘要 (zhāiyào): summary

Measure Word

一份摘要 fèn

请写一篇摘要，总结这篇论文的主要内容。

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

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

会议摘要将在会后发送给所有参与者。

Huìyì zhāiyào jiāng zài huìhòu 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