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授

shòu

HSK 4 Character

What 授 means

1. bound formto confer; to give
2. bound formto teach; to instruct
3. literaryto appoint

Example sentences

• 我是教授。
  I am a professor.
• 你是教授。
  You are a professor.
• 我是大学教授。
  I am a professor.
• 她是一名教授。
  She's a professor.
• 我哥哥是教授。
  My brother is a professor.
• 我丈夫是教授。
  My husband is a professor.

Words starting with 授

• 授予shòu yǔto award; to confer
• 授权shòu quánto authorize
• 授课shòu kèto teach; to give lessons
• 授意shòu yìto inspire; to incite
• 授业shòu yèto teach; to bequeath
• 授任shòu rènto appoint
• 授信shòu xìnto extend credit (finance); credit
• 授受shòu shòuto give and accept
• 授命shòu mìngto give orders
• 授时shòu shíto broadcast a time signal
• 授精shòu jīnginsemination
• 授计shòu jìto confide a plan to sb
• 授证shòu zhèngto deliver (a diploma, license etc); to qualify
• 授权令shòu quán lìngwarrant (law)
• 授奖shòu jiǎngto award a prize
• 授粉shòu fěnto pollinate
• 授乳shòu rǔlactation; breast-feeding
• 授人以柄shòu rén yǐ bǐngto hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself
• 授勋shòu xūnto award an honor
• 授衔shòu xiánrank of professor; academic title
• 授之以鱼不如授之以渔shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yúgive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a…
• 授人以鱼不如授人以渔shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yúgive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a…
• 授与shòu yǔvariant of 授予

Words containing 授

• 教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
• 传授chuán shòuto impart; to pass on; to teach
• 副教授fù jiào shòuassociate professor (university post)
• 讲授jiǎng shòuto lecture; to teach
• 函授hán shòuto teach by correspondence
• 客座教授kè zuò jiào shòuvisiting professor; guest professor
• 指授zhǐ shòuto instruct; to direct
• 转授zhuǎn shòuto delegate
• 面授miàn shòuto teach face to face; to instruct in person
• 人工授精rén gōng shòu jīngartificial insemination
• 指导教授zhǐ dǎo jiào shòuadviser; advising professor
• 临危授命lín wēi shòu mìngto sacrifice one's life in a crisis
• 男女授受不亲nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīnmen and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things…
• 追授zhuī shòuto posthumously award
• 面授机宜miàn shòu jī yí(idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue…
• 函授大学hán shòu dà xuécorrespondence university
• 函授课程hán shòu kè chéngcorrespondence course
• 异花授粉yì huā shòu fěn(botany) cross-pollination
• 自花授粉zì huā shòu fěn(botany) self-pollination
• 颁授bān shòuto confer (e.g. a diploma); to award
• 荣誉教授róng yù jiào shòuemeritus professor

Characters that look like 授

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

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 控kòngto control; to accuse; to charge
• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛

Sounds the same

Read shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受to receive; to accept; to suffer
• 瘦thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 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