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shòu

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shòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shòu | shou4
English translation
to teach
to instruct
to award
to give
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach

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About shòu

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shòu

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of shòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌受

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

shòu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and shòu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shòu

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shǎng 教授 jiàoshòu de le 大量 dà liàng de 笔记 bǐ jì .

She took copious notes of the professor's lecture.

那个 nà ge 教授 jiàoshòu jiǎng de 引起 yǐnqǐ le 我们 wǒmen de 兴趣 xìng qù .

The professor's lecture excited our interest.

教授 jiàoshòu 使 shǐ jiǎng de 适合 shìhé 听众 tīng zhòng .

The professor adapted his lecture to his audience.

逻辑学 luó ji xué zài 这里 zhè lǐ shì 作为 zuòwéi 单独 dāndú 一门 lái 讲授 jiǎng shòu de .

Logic is taught here as a separate subject.

物理学 wù lǐ xué yóu 惠勒 Jiào 授教.

Physics is taught by Professor Wheeler.

Words with shòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
教授 jiàoshòu professor教授 jiàoshòu
授权 shòu quán to authorize授權
授予 shòuyǔ to award授予 shòuyǔ
shòu to teach shòu
传授 chuánshòu to impart傳授
授课 shòu kè to teach授課
副教授 fù jiào shòu associate professor (university post)副教授 fù jiào shòu
讲授 jiǎng shòu to lecture講授
授意 shòu yì to inspire授意 shòu yì
授粉 shòu fěn pollination授粉 shòu fěn
函授 hán shòu to teach by correspondence函授 hán shòu
人工授精 rén gōng shòu jīng artificial insemination人工授精 rén gōng shòu jīng
授精 shòu jīng insemination授精 shòu jīng
授勋 shòu xūn to award an honor授勛
客座教授 kè zuò jiào shòu visiting professor客座教授 kè zuò jiào shòu
授奖 shòu jiǎng to award a prize授獎
面授 miàn shòu to teach face to face面授 miàn shòu
授命 shòu mìng to give orders授命 shòu mìng
授业 shòu yè to teach授業
授衔 shòu xián rank of professor授銜
授人以柄 shòu rén yǐ bǐng to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom)授人以柄 shòu rén yǐ bǐng
授时 shòu shí to broadcast a time signal授時

shòu Decomposition & Compounds

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shòu Decomposition

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