| 撿 | [ jiǎn ] to pick up, to collect, to gather |
| 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜 | [ jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā ] to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom) |
| 撿到籃裡就是菜 | [ jiǎn daò lán lǐ jiù shì caì ] all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) |
| 撿屍 | [ jiǎn shī ] (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault |
| 撿拾 | [ jiǎn shí ] to pick up, to gather |
| 撿骨 | [ jiǎn gǔ ] bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location |