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收
shōu
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)
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

收
shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
HSK 4 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

创收
chuàngshōu
to make money
吸收
xīshōu
to absorb
HSK 5
回收
huíshōu
to recycle
HSK 6
报收
bàoshōu
(of a stock on the stock market) to close at (a certain price)
实收
shíshōu
net receipts
征收
zhēngshōu
to levy (a fine)
HSK 6
应收
yīngshōu
(of a sum of money etc) receivable
拒收
jùshōu
to reject
招收
zhāoshōu
to hire
HSK 6
接收
jiēshōu
reception (of transmitted signal)
收伏
shōufú
variant of [[收服<shōufú>]]
收假
shōujià
(of holidays) to come to an end
收入
shōurù
to take in
HSK 4
收兵
shōubīng
to retreat
收冬
shōudōng
harvest season
收到
shōudào
to receive
收割
shōugē
to harvest
收汇
shōuhuì
foreign exchange collection (finance)
收取
shōuqǔ
to receive
收受
shōushòu
to receive

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
350
Word Frequency Rank
834 of 84,292

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