HSK 4 · Verbs

接受 jiēshòu “to accept” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 接受 means

  1. to accept
  2. to receive
  3. to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc)
  4. to acquiesce

How to say 接受

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale受shòu4th tone, falling

接受 in a sentence

  1. 你觉得他们会接受我的邀请吗？

    Nǐ juéde tāmen huì jiēshòu wǒ de yāoqǐng ma?

    Do you think they will accept my invitation?

    Sentence #13999383 from Tatoeba

  2. 他接受了她的礼物。

    Tā jiēshòu le tā de lǐwù.

    He accepted her gift.

    Sentence #397147 from Tatoeba

  3. 我愿意接受建议。

    Wǒ yuànyì jiēshòu jiànyì.

    I’m open to suggestions.

    Sentence #805607 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 接受 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 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

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 接受

接 11 strokes · 受 8 strokes

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

Words related to 接受

Words with 接

接jiē · connect直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect接连jiēlián · in succession

Words with 受

受shòu · to receive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承受chéngshòu · to bear享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy遭受zāoshòu · to suffer忍受rěnshòu · to bear

More words: Common Verbs

减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen降低jiàngdī · to reduce交jiāo · to hand over节约jiéyuē · to economise结果jiéguǒ · result进行jìnxíng · to advance禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit

FAQs

接受 (jiēshòu) means “to accept” or “to receive”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiēshòu: jiē with a 1st 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. 接受 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 接受 from the suggestions. Typing jieshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
接受 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.