摘要 (zhāiyào) · summary, abstract, synopsis

Measure Word

一份摘要 fèn

HSK 5

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.

HSK 5

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