HSK 4 · Verbs

收拾 shōushi “to put in order” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 收拾 means

  1. to put in order
  2. to tidy up
  3. to pack
  4. to repair
  5. (coll.) to sort sb out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to fix sb

How to say 收拾

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own拾shineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

收拾 in a sentence

  1. 下午你把房间收拾干净。

    Xiàwǔ nǐ bǎ fángjiān shōushi gānjìng.

    Tidy up your room this afternoon.

    Sentence #9962473 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她经常在饭后收拾桌子。

    Tā jīngcháng zài fàn hòu shōushi zhuōzi.

    She often clears the table after meals.

    Sentence #611537 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你收拾好东西了没有？

    Nǐ shōushi hǎo dōngxi le méiyǒu?

    Have you finished packing?

    Sentence #471520 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 收拾 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 拾 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
拾shèto ascend in light steps
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 合to combine · gě

How to write 收拾

收 6 strokes · 拾 9 strokes

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

收拾 (shōushi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 收拾 (shōushi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 收拾

Words with 收

收到shōudào · to receive收shōu · to receive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招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

Words with 拾

拾shí · to pick up

More words: Common Verbs

使用shǐyòng · to use适合shìhé · to fit适应shìyìng · to adapt收shōu · to receive受到shòudào · to receive (praise输shū · to lose (a game or bet)死sǐ · to die抬tái · to lift

FAQs

收拾 (shōushi) means “to put in order” or “to tidy up”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shōushi: shōu with a 1st tone, then shi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 收拾 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 收拾 from the suggestions. Typing shoushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收拾 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.