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受

shòu

HSK 4 Character

What 受 means

1. to receive
2. to accept
3. to suffer
4. subjected to
5. to bear
6. to stand
7. pleasant
8. (passive marker)
9. (LGBT) bottom

Example sentences

• 你受骗了。
  Nǐ shòupiàn le.
  You've been had.
• 自作自受。
  Zìzuòzìshòu.
  It serves you right.
• 会受伤哟。
  You will hurt yourself.
• 我受够了。
  I have had it.
• 我受够了！
  I'm fed up!
• 她没受伤。
  She isn't hurt.

Words starting with 受

• 受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed…
• 受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
• 受伤shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed
• 受罪shòu zuìto endure; to suffer; hardships
• 受过shòu guòto take the blame (for sb else)
• 受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim; those injured and wounded
• 受益shòu yìto benefit from; profit
• 受理shòu lǐto accept to hear a case; to handle (a service)
• 受苦shòu kǔto suffer hardship
• 受骗shòu piànto be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked
• 受害人shòu hài rénvictim
• 受贿shòu huìto accept a bribe
• 受损shòu sǔnto suffer damage
• 受害shòu hàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injured
• 受众shòu zhòngrecipients (of information, media etc); audience
• 受尽shòu jìnto suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of
• 受用shòu yòngto enjoy; to reap the benefits (of sth)
• 受难shòu nànto suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress
• 受宠若惊shòu chǒng ruò jīngoverwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
• 受审shòu shěnto stand trial; to be on trial (for a crime)
• 受灾shòu zāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
• 受阻shòu zǔto be obstructed; to be hindered
• 受挫shòu cuòthwarted; obstructed; setback
• 受命shòu mìngordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel

Words containing 受

• 接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
• 难受nán shòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
• 感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception; to feel (through the senses)
• 享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up; pleasure
• 承受chéng shòuto bear; to support; to inherit
• 忍受rěn shòuto bear; to endure
• 遭受zāo shòuto suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
• 深受shēn shòuto receive in no small measure
• 经受jīng shòuto undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
• 备受bèi shòuto receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
• 好受hǎo shòufeeling better; to be more at ease
• 饱受bǎo shòuto endure; to suffer; to be subjected to
• 难以忍受nán yǐ rěn shòuhard to endure; unbearable
• 蒙受méng shòuto suffer; to sustain (loss)
• 免受miǎn shòuto avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage)
• 领受lǐng shòuto accept; to receive
• 担惊受怕dān jīng shòu pà(idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
• 逆来顺受nì lái shùn shòuto resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it…
• 消受xiāo shòuto bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
• 承受力chéng shòu lìtolerance; capability of adapting oneself
• 感同身受gǎn tóng shēn shòuto feel as if it had happened to oneself; to sympathize…
• 自作自受zì zuò zì shòu(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
• 小受xiǎo shòu(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
• 不好受bù hǎo shòuunpleasant; hard to take

Characters that look like 受

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 荧yínga glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 叟sǒuold gentleman; old man
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瘦thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 授(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 售(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 寿long life; old age; age
• 兽beast; animal; beastly
• 狩to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 绶cord on a seal
• 夀old variant of 寿