采取
cǎi​qǔ HSK3

to adopt

采取 採取 cǎi​qǔ
to adopt verb
to adopt, carry out, or choose to implement a policy, measure, attitude, or course of action

幸运的是他采取了适当的行动。

xìng​yùn de shì tā cǎi​qǔ le shì​dàng de xíng​dòng.

Fortunately he took appropriate action.

我可能需要采取更严厉的措施。

wǒ kě​néng xū​yào cǎi​qǔ gèng yán​lì de cuò​shī.

I might need to take more drastic measures.

to collect
to collect or obtain a sample, such as blood, fingerprints, or physical materials

Frequency
Movie subtitles
26.4 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
162.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)