HSK 6 · Nature

回收 huíshōu “to recycle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 回收 means

  1. to recycle
  2. to recover
  3. to reclaim
  4. to retrieve
  5. to recall (a defective product)

How to say 回收

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level

回收 in a sentence

  1. 几乎都可以回收。

    Jīhū dōu kěyǐ huíshōu.

    Almost everything can be recycled.

    Sentence #2200466 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 废纸回收是十分重要的。

    Fèizhǐ huíshōu shì shífēn zhòngyào de.

    Recycling waste paper is very important.

    Sentence #843879 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们必须开始考虑回收。

    Wǒmen bìxū kāishǐ kǎolǜ huíshōu.

    We need to start thinking about recycling.

    Sentence #6109291 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 回收 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 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

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 回收

回 6 strokes · 收 6 strokes

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

Words related to 回收

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return回答huídá · to reply回忆huíyì · to recall回顾huígù · to look back回避huíbì · to avoid挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回报huíbào · to repay

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验收yànshōu · to check and accept

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FAQs

回收 (huíshōu) means “to recycle” or “to recover”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huíshōu: huí with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 回收 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huishou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回收 from the suggestions. Typing huishou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回收 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.