HSK 5 · Verbs

承受 chéngshòu “to bear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 承受 means

  1. to bear
  2. to endure
  3. to withstand
  4. to support
  5. to inherit

How to say 承受

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale承chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale受shòu4th tone, falling

承受 in a sentence

  1. 我不能再承受这种痛苦。

    Wǒ bù néng zài chéngshòu zhè zhǒng tòngkǔ.

    I can’t bear this pain any more.

    Sentence #777932 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这冰太薄不能承受你的重量。

    Zhè bīng tài báo bù néng chéngshòu nǐ de zhòngliàng.

    The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

    Sentence #13104195 from Tatoeba

  3. 这个梯子是否足够坚固以承受我的重量？

    Zhè ge tīzi shìfǒu zúgòu jiāngù yǐ chéngshòu wǒ de zhòngliàng?

    Is this ladder strong enough to bear my weight?

    Sentence #335611 from Tatoeba

How 承受 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 承 (chéng) drawn as one shape
承chéngto bear

承 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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.

How to write 承受

承 8 strokes · 受 8 strokes

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

Words related to 承受

Words with 承

承认chéngrèn · to admit承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)承诺chéngnuò · to promise继承jìchéng · to inherit承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract

Words with 受

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

More words: Common Verbs

趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)吃亏chīkuī · to lose out持续chíxù · to continue充满chōngmǎn · to be full of冲chōng · to rush

FAQs

承受 (chéngshòu) means “to bear” or “to endure”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chéngshòu: chéng with a 2nd tone, then shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 承受 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 承受 from the suggestions. Typing chengshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
承受 is an HSK 5 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.