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Meaning of 收

Pinyin shōu

Radical

攵

Strokes

Definition

to receive / to accept / to collect / in care of (used on address line after name)

Usage

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收 shōu 动 1. 接到，接受: 例如收发，收信，收支，收讫，收益。 (Receive, accept: e.g. receive messages, receive letters, account balance, receive completion, earn profit.) 2. 藏或放置妥当: 这是重要东西，要收好了。 (Store or place properly: This is an important item, it needs to be properly stored.) 3. 割断成熟的农作物: 收割，成熟，麦收。 (Cutting off mature crops: harvest, mature, wheat harvest.) 4. 招回: 收兵，收港。 (Call back: recall troops, return to port.) 5. 聚，合拢: 收容，收理，收集。 (Gather, collect: receive, organize, collect.) 6. 结束: 收尾，收煞，收盘。 (Conclude: finishing touches, end of a performance, close transactions.) 7. 逮捕，拘押: 收捕，收监，收押，收审。 (Arrest, detain: arrest, custody, detention, interrogation.) 8. 约束，控制（感情或行动）: 收束，收心，收伏（亦作“收服”）。 (Restraining, controlling (emotions or actions): restrain, concentrate, subdue (also written as "subjugate").) 名 1. 收获; 收成: 例如丰收，欠收，颗粒无收。 (Harvest; crop: e.g. bumper harvest, disappointing harvest, no yield.) 2. 收藏品: 例如燕、赵之收藏。 (Collections: e.g. collections of Yan and Zhao.) 3. 收入: 例如收支。 (Income: e.g. income and expenditure.) 4. 车箱底部四面的横木，即车轸。 (A log at the bottom of a car box on four sides, i.e., axle.) 5. 夏代冠名。 (Name of a crown from the Xia dynasty.)

收取 shōu qǔ

to receive / to collect

收回 shōu huí

to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke

人均收入 rén jūn shōu rù

per capita income / average per capita income

增收 zēng shōu

increment / increase income

收复 shōu fù

to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture

收尸 shōu shī

bury the dead

收尾 shōu wěi

to wind up / to bring to an end / to finish

收录 shōu lù

to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit

征收 zhēng shōu

to levy (a fine) / to impose (a tariff)

收割 shōu gē

to harvest / to reap / to gather in crops

收割机 shōu gē jī

harvester / harvesting implements

吸收 xī shōu

to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit

徵收 zhēng shōu

to levy (a fine) / to impose (a tariff)

收悉 shōu xī

received

收拾 shōu shi

to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb

抄收 chāo shōu

Copy

拒收 jù shōu

to reject / to refuse to accept

招收 zhāo shōu

to hire / to recruit

收拢 shōu lǒng

to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)

不可收拾 bù kě shōu shí

irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless

一发而不可收拾 yī fà ér bù kě shōu shí

Unmanageable

收敛 shōu liǎn

to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge

收据 shōu jù

receipt / CL:張|张[zhang1]

接收 jiē shōu

reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate

收揽 shōu lǎn

to win the support of / to get over to one's side / to keep control of

收兑 shōu duì

Redemption

收入 shōu rù

to take in / income / revenue / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]

纯收入 chún shōu rù

net income / net receipt

兼收 jiān shōu

Eclectic

收摊 shōu tān

Close up

撤收 chè shōu

Withdrawal

收支 shōu zhī

cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure

收到 shōu dào

to receive

收购 shōu gòu

to purchase (from various places) / to acquire (a company)

收费 shōu fèi

to charge a fee

收益 shōu yì

earnings / profit

收集 shōu jí

to gather / to collect

收藏 shōu cáng

to hoard / to collect / collection / to bookmark (Internet)

税收 shuì shōu

taxation

收获 shōu huò

to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward

没收 mò shōu

to confiscate / to seize

收缩 shōu suō

to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole

催收 cuī shōu

collection

歉收 qiàn shōu

crop failure / poor harvest

收殓 shōu liàn

lay a body in a coffin

旱涝保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu

to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income

收效甚微 shōu xiào shén wēi

produce very little effect / bring little effect

收益率 shōu yì lǜ

earnings rate / earnings yield (finance)

收盘 shōu pán

market close

秋收起义 Qiū shōu Qǐ yì

Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong

收买 shōu mǎi

to purchase / to bribe

收缰 shōu jiāng

Rein

收缴 shōu jiǎo

to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy

丰收 fēng shōu

bumper harvest

兼收并蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù

incorporating diverse things (idiom) / eclectic / all-embracing

兼收幷蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù

Ecumenical

收藏家 shōu cáng jiā

a collector (e.g. of artworks)

收支平衡 shōu zhī píng héng

balance of payments / make both ends meet

收讫 shōu qì

received in full (goods, payment)

吸收光谱 xī shōu guāng pǔ

absorption spectrum / absorption spectra

收贮 shōu zhù

Storage

收音机 shōu yīn jī

radio / CL:臺|台[tai2]

验收 yàn shōu

to inspect and accept / acceptance