Common Meanings
1
shí拾
To pick up or collect from the ground, often referring to objects like leaves, trash, or scraps. It can also describe collecting scattered information or ideas, or finding something readily available.
小明弯下腰，仔细地拾起地上的垃圾。
Xiao Ming bent down and carefully picked up the trash from the ground.
To gather, collect, or pick up, often in the context of tidying or putting things in order.
请你把桌上的文件都拾起来。
Please pick up all the documents on the table.
The formal or capitalized form of the number ten, often used in financial documents to prevent alteration.
此款共计人民币伍拾元。
The total amount is fifty Renminbi.
An old term for a leather armguard worn on the left arm by archers.
射手挽弓前，总会系上护拾保护手臂。
Before drawing the bow, the archer would always tie on a 'shí' (armguard) to protect their arm.
2
shè拾
To ascend steps; to pass through or experience, similar to 涉 (shè).
他拾级而上，进入了寺庙的大门。
He ascended the steps and entered the main gate of the temple.