摘要

zhāiyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract

CEDICT

  1. excerpt; summary; abstract
  2. to summarize; to sum up

Wiktionary

將篇章或論文內容以簡潔的文字扼要敘述。閱讀摘要，即可了解原著大意。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 摘 zhāi
  1. to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
  2. to select; to pick out
  3. to borrow money at a time of urgent need
2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important

Related entries

小結 xiǎojié
  1. summary
  2. short
  3. brief
  4. wrap-up
提要 tíyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract
把书目提要交上。

Hand in a bibliography of your sources.

Source: Tatoeba

簡介 jiǎnjiè
  1. summary
  2. brief introduction
概況 gàikuàng
  1. general situation
  2. summary
文摘 wénzhāi
  1. digest (of literature)
  2. to make a digest (of data)
  3. summary
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