HSK 6 · Work

验收 yànshōu “to check and accept” in Chinese

Traditional 驗收

What 验收 means

  1. to check and accept
  2. acceptance inspection
  3. to inspect and accept
  4. acceptance

How to say 验收

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale验yàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level

验收 in a sentence

  1. 新房子已经验收合格了。

    Xīn fángzi yǐjīng yànshōu hégé le.

    The new house has passed its final inspection.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 工程完成后，需要专家来验收。

    Gōngchéng wánchéng hòu, xūyào zhuānjiā lái yànshōu.

    When the project is finished, experts need to inspect and sign it off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 验收 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 验 (yàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
验yànto examine
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàn.

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.

How to write 验收

验 10 strokes · 收 6 strokes

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

Words related to 验收

Words with 验

经验jīngyàn · experience体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself测验cèyàn · test实验shíyàn · experiment化验huàyàn · laboratory test验证yànzhèng · to verify检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect试验shìyàn · test考验kǎoyàn · to test

Words with 收

收到shōudào · to receive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招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

More words: Work & Career

下属xiàshǔ · subordinate协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协议xiéyì · agreement薪水xīnshui · salary应酬yìngchou · to socialise渔民yúmín · fisherman招收zhāoshōu · to recruit整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify

FAQs

验收 (yànshōu) means “to check and accept” or “acceptance inspection”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yànshōu: yàn with a 4th tone, then shōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 验收 is written 驗收. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 验收 from the suggestions. Typing yanshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
验收 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.