收
shōu HSK2

gather together

收 shōu
receive verb
to receive or accept something given, sent, or offered

我今天收到了你的礼物。

wǒ jīn​tiān shōu dào le nǐ de lǐ​wù.

I received your gift today.

collect verb
to collect, harvest, or gather together

老师正在收大家的作业。

lǎo​shī zhèng​zài shōu dà​jiā de zuò​yè.

The teacher is collecting everyone's homework.

put away verb
to put something away or store it in its proper place

把桌上的书都收起来吧。

bǎ zhuō shàng de shū dōu shōu qi​lai ba.

Put away the books on the table.

harvest verb
to harvest agricultural crops

今年庄稼收了不少，大家脸上都洋溢着喜悦。

jīn​nián zhuāng​jia shōu le bù​shǎo, dà​jiā liǎn shǎng dōu yáng​yì zhe xǐ​yuè.

The harvest was plentiful this year, and everyone's faces were beaming with joy.

in care of verb
a formal indicator on an address line placed after the recipient's name

王明先生收。

Wáng Míng xiān​sheng shōu.

To: Mr. Wang Ming

restrain verb
to restrain or control one's feelings, thoughts, or behavior

快开学了，你应该收收心了。

kuài kāi​xué le, nǐ yīng​gāi shōu shōu​xīn le.

School is about to start; you should settle down and focus on your studies.

stop verb
to bring to a stop, close, or conclusion

雨收了，天也晴了。

yǔ shōu le, tiān yě qíng le.

The rain has stopped, and the sky has cleared up.

charge verb
to charge a fee for a service or commodity

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
351st most common 624.8 per million
Movie subtitles
356th most common 420.8 per million appears in 84% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
96.5 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
173.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6536

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)