HSK 5 · Work

收据 shōujù “receipt” in Chinese

Traditional 收據

What 收据 means

  1. receipt

Measure word 张 zhāng · 一张收据 yì zhāng shōujù

How to say 收据

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale据jù4th tone, falling

收据 in a sentence

  1. 你有没有收据？

    Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu shōujù?

    Do you have a receipt?

    Sentence #397448 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 收据 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 据 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
据jùaccording to
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 居to live · jīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 收据

收 6 strokes · 据 11 strokes

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

Words related to 收据

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收获shōuhuò · harvest收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

Words with 据

根据gēnjù · according to据说jùshuō · it is said that证据zhèngjù · evidence数据shùjù · data占据zhànjù · to occupy据悉jùxī · it is reported that依据yījù · basis

More words: Work & Career

商业shāngyè · business设计shèjì · to design失业shīyè · unemployment实习shíxí · to do an internship退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)文件wénjiàn · document项目xiàngmù · item销售xiāoshòu · to sell

FAQs

收据 (shōujù) means “receipt”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shōujù: shōu with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 收据 is written 收據. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 张 (zhāng). For example, one receipt is 一张收据 (yì zhāng shōujù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shouju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 收据 from the suggestions. Typing shouju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收据 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.