HSK 6 · Verbs

收藏 shōucáng “to collect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 收藏 means

  1. to collect
  2. collection
  3. to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc)
  4. to put away for safekeeping
  5. (Internet) to bookmark

How to say 收藏

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale藏cáng2nd tone, rising

收藏 in a sentence

  1. 我想看看您的邮票收藏。

    Wǒ xiǎng kànkan nín de yóupiào shōucáng.

    I’d like to have a look at your stamp collection.

    Sentence #782291 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 收藏 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 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.

The character 藏 (cáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
藏cángto conceal
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 臧good · zāngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 臧 (zāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cáng.

How to write 收藏

收 6 strokes · 藏 17 strokes

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

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

Words related to 收藏

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收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

Words with 藏

躲藏duǒcáng · to conceal oneself蕴藏yùncáng · to hold in store

More words: Common Verbs

实施shíshī · to implement试图shìtú · to attempt实行shíxíng · to put into practice施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of守护shǒuhù · to guard收缩shōusuō · to shrink授予shòuyǔ · to award耍shuǎ · to play with

FAQs

收藏 (shōucáng) means “to collect” or “collection”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shōucáng: shōu with a 1st tone, then cáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 收藏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoucang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 收藏 from the suggestions. Typing shoucang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收藏 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.