HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Everyday Verbs

收到 shōudào “to receive” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 收到 means

  1. to receive

How to say 收到

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

收到 in a sentence

  1. 我收到了生日礼物。

    Wǒ shōudào le shēngrì lǐwù.

    I got my birthday present.

    Sentence #1948818 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你收到了我发的邮件了吗？

    Nǐ shōudào le wǒ fā de yóujiàn le ma?

    Did you get the email I sent?

    Sentence #4844986 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 好久没收到你的来信。

    Hǎojiǔ méi shōudào nǐ de láixìn.

    I haven’t heard from you for a long time.

    Sentence #715856 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 收到 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 收 (shōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
收shōuto receive
  • 丩to connect · jiūSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 丩 (jiū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shōu.

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 收到

收 6 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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

Words related to 收到

Words with 收

收shōu · to receive收拾shōushi · to put in order收入shōurù · income吸收xīshōu · to absorb收据shōujù · receipt收获shōuhuò · harvest收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

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受到shòudào · to receive (praise

More words: Everyday Verbs

起qǐ · to rise得到dédào · to get受shòu · to receive跳tiào · to jump养yǎng · to raise (animals)爬pá · to climb练liàn · to practise不见bújiàn · to be missing

FAQs

收到 (shōudào) means “to receive”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it shōudào: shōu with a 1st 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. 收到 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 收到 from the suggestions. Typing shoudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收到 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.