HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Everyday Verbs

受 shòu “to receive” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 受 means

  1. to receive
  2. to suffer
  3. to be subjected to
  4. to accept
  5. subjected to
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to bear
  • to stand

How to say 受

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

受 in a sentence

  1. 她很受朋友欢迎。

    Tā hěn shòu péngyou huānyíng.

    She’s very popular with her friends.

    Sentence #403327 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 出租车司机没有受重伤。

    Chūzūchē sījī méiyǒu shòu zhòngshāng.

    The taxi driver wasn’t seriously injured.

    Sentence #5660531 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他们受到了热情的欢迎。

    Tāmen shòudào le rèqíng de huānyíng.

    They were given a warm welcome.

    Sentence #1577185 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 受

受 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 受

Words with 受

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

More words: Everyday Verbs

下来xiàlai · to come down游yóu · to swim起qǐ · to rise得到dédào · to get跳tiào · to jump收到shōudào · to receive养yǎng · to raise (animals)爬pá · to climb

FAQs

受 (shòu) means “to receive” or “to suffer”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it shòu: shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 受 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 受 from the suggestions. Typing shou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
受 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.