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shōu

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shōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shōu | shou1
English translation
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to collect, to gather, to harvest

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About shōu

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

shōu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of shōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

丩攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shōu

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收支 shōu zhī 相抵 xiāng dǐ ,净存两千 Yuán .

The accounts show a surplus of 2,000 yuan.

失之东 ǒu ,收之 Sāng .

Whatlose in the hundred will be found in the shire.

只好 zhǐhǎo 靠着 Jiào 夜校 yè xiào de 收入 shōurù jiāng jiù 度日 dù rì .

He will have made do with his take from the night school.

现在 xiànzài yāo shì 失败 shībài le , shuí lái shōu shè 残局 cán jú ?

If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?

这年 头儿 tóu r shuí gǎn 下乡 xià xiāng shōu !

" Who dares go down into the villages for rent these days?

Words with shōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shōu to receive shōu
收到 shōu dào to receive收到 shōu dào
收入 shōurù to take in收入 shōurù
收拾 shōushi to tidy up收拾 shōushi
收集 shōu jí to gather收集 shōu jí
收购 shōu gòu to acquire (a company)收購
收费 shōu fèi to charge a fee收費
收益 shōuyì earnings收益 shōuyì
收藏 shōucáng to hoard收藏 shōucáng
收获 shōuhuò to harvest收穫
吸收 xīshōu to absorb吸收 xīshōu
收回 shōu huí to regain收回 shōu huí
税收 shuì shōu taxation稅收
收养 shōu yǎng adoption收養
接收 jiē shōu to receive接收 jiē shōu
收看 shōu kàn to watch (a TV program)收看 shōu kàn
回收 huíshōu to recycle回收 huíshōu
收音机 shōuyīnjī radio收音機
没收 mò shōu to seize沒收
收取 shōu qǔ to receive收取 shōu qǔ
征收 zhēngshōu to levy (a fine)徵收
收据 shōujù receipt收據
收缩 shōusuō to pull back收縮
收视率 shōu shì lǜ ratings (of a TV show)收視率
收盘 shōu pán market close收盤

shōu Decomposition & Compounds

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shōu Decomposition

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shōu Compounds

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