shòu = sh + ou4
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
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How to pronounce 受

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 about 2 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

受 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
zhǎo = zh + ao3
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
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Characters with 受 as component

= c + Ø2
old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
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shòu = sh + ou4
cord on a seal
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wén = w + (e)n2
wen xiang, Henan province
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Words with 受

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men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
to stand / to endure

Sentences with 受

zhè
me
duō
dōng
西
xi
 
 
piān
ràng
men
xiǎng
shòu

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

shòu

to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)

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