HSK 4 · Verbs

受到 shòudào “to receive (praise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 受到 means

  1. to receive (praise, criticism, an education)
  2. to be (praised, punished, affected)
  3. to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
  4. to be …ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

How to say 受到

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale受shòu4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

受到 in a sentence

  1. 他们受到了热情的欢迎。

    Tāmen shòudào le rèqíng de huānyíng.

    They were given a warm welcome.

    Sentence #1577185 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你没受到邀请。

    Nǐ méi shòudào yāoqǐng.

    You weren’t invited.

    Sentence #4760172 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能受到教育，对我来说很重要。

    Nǐ néng shòudào jiàoyù, duì wǒ lái shuō hěn zhòngyào.

    It’s important to me that you get an education.

    Sentence #13861314 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 受到 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 受 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
受shòuto receive
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 又again · yòu

Memory aidOne hand 爫 passing something to another hand 又: to receive.

The character 到 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
到dàoto reach; to arrive
  • 至arrive · zhìMeaning part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoSound part

至 hints at the meaning (arrive); 刂 (dāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidArrive 至 gives the meaning; the knife 刂 (刀 dāo) gives the sound: to arrive.

How to write 受到

受 8 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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受到 (shòudào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 受到 (shòudào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 受到

Words with 受

受shòu · to receive接受jiēshòu · to accept难受nánshòu · to feel unwell受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable受伤shòushāng · to be injured感受gǎnshòu · to feel承受chéngshòu · to bear享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy遭受zāoshòu · to suffer忍受rěnshòu · to bear

Words with 到

到dào · to迟到chídào · arrive late遇到yùdào · to meet想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel见到jiàndào · to see做到zuòdào · to accomplish直到zhídào · until得到dédào · to get收到shōudào · to receive

More words: Common Verbs

适合shìhé · to fit适应shìyìng · to adapt收shōu · to receive收拾shōushi · to put in order输shū · to lose (a game or bet)死sǐ · to die抬tái · to lift躺tǎng · to recline

FAQs

受到 (shòudào) means “to receive (praise, criticism, an education)” or “to be (praised, punished, affected)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shòudào: shòu with a 4th tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 受到 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoudao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 受到 from the suggestions. Typing shoudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
受到 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.