收

收
shōu = sh + ou1
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
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How to pronounce 收

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou1 final

In front of the outhouse.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

收 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
丩
jiū = ji + ou1
archaic variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]
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攵
pū = pu + Ø1
variant of 攴[pu1]
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Characters with 收 as component

荍
qiáo = qi + ao2
common mallow (Malva sinesis) / variant of 蕎|荞[qiao2]
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Words with 收

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to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
to gather / to collect

Sentences with 收

哪
nǎ
路
lù
天
tiān
将
jiàng
 
 
前
qián
去
qù
收
shōu
服
fú
妖
yāo
猴
hóu

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收
shōu

to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

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