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收

shōu

HSK 4 Character

What 收 means

1. to receive
2. to accept
3. to collect
4. to put away
5. to restrain
6. to stop
7. in care of (used on address line after name)

Example sentences

• 收到。
  Roger that.
• 不收小费。
  Bù shōu xiǎofèi.
  We don't accept tips.
• 覆水难收。
  Fù shuǐ nán shōu.
  The damage is done.
• 复水难收。
  What is done cannot be undone.
• 收拾房间。
  Clean up the room.
• 请打开收音机
  Qǐng dǎkāi shōuyīnjī
  Turn on the radio, please.

Words starting with 收

• 收入shōu rùto take in; income; revenue
• 收拾shōu shito put in order; to tidy up; to pack
• 收获shōu huòto harvest; to reap; to gain
• 收据shōu jùreceipt
• 收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping…
• 收音机shōu yīn jīradio
• 收益shōu yìearnings; profit
• 收到shōu dàoto receive
• 收缩shōu suōto pull back; to shrink; to contract
• 收费shōu fèito charge a fee
• 收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
• 收购shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization)…
• 收回shōu huíto regain; to retake; to take back
• 收取shōu qǔto receive; to collect
• 收录shōu lùto include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record
• 收听shōu tīngto listen to (a radio broadcast)
• 收看shōu kànto watch (a TV program)
• 收下shōu xiàto accept; to receive
• 收养shōu yǎngto take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
• 收敛shōu liǎnto dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint…
• 收支shōu zhīcash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure
• 收容shōu róngto provide a place to stay; to house; to accommodate
• 收买shōu mǎito purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
• 收留shōu liúto offer shelter; to have sb in one's care

Words containing 收

• 吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate; to ingest
• 招收zhāo shōuto hire; to recruit
• 回收huí shōuto recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve
• 征收zhēng shōuto levy (a tax); to expropriate
• 验收yàn shōuto inspect and accept; acceptance
• 丰收fēng shōuto reap a bumper harvest
• 接收jiē shōureception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept
• 税收shuì shōutaxation
• 没收mò shōuto confiscate; to seize
• 年收入nián shōu rùannual income
• 不可收拾bù kě shōu shi(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
• 总收入zǒng shōu rùgross income
• 增收zēng shōuto increase revenue; to increase income by (x amount)…
• 创收chuàng shōuto generate revenue; to create extra income
• 尽收眼底jìn shōu yǎn dǐto take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view
• 低收入dī shōu rùlow income
• 秋收qiū shōufall harvest; to reap
• 美不胜收měi bù shèng shōunothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
• 拒收jù shōuto reject; to refuse to accept
• 查收chá shōuto check for receipt of (an email, an enclosed item in a letter etc)…
• 回收站huí shōu zhànrecycling center; waste materials collection depot; (computing) recycle bin
• 代收dài shōuto receive sth on another's behalf
• 签收qiān shōuto sign to acknowledge receipt of sth (e.g. a delivery or document)
• 接收器jiē shōu qìreceiver

Characters that look like 收

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

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 状zhuàng(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment

Sounds the same

Read shōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 収variant of 收