收 shōu in a sentence
Accept (collect - receive - put away - take back)
收 (shōu) means Accept (collect - receive - put away - take back). Below are 21 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我今天 收 到了一封信。
Wǒ jīntiān shōudào le yì fēng xìn.
I received a letter today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收
请把桌子上的书 收 起来。
Qǐng bǎ zhuōzi shàng de shū shōu qǐlái.
Please put away the books on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收
请提供 收 入证明。
Qǐng tígōng shōurù zhèngmíng.
Please provide proof of income.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 证明
请把房间 收 拾一下。
Qǐng bǎ fángjiān shōushi yíxià.
Please tidy up the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收拾
你 收 到我的短信了吗？
Nǐ shōudào wǒ de duǎnxìn le ma?
Did you get my text message?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 短信
我还没 收 到他的消息。
Wǒ hái méi shōudào tā de xiāoxi.
I have not heard from him yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 消息
他每个月的 收 入不太高。
Tā měi ge yuè de shōurù bú tài gāo.
His monthly income is not very high.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收入
今年家里的 收 入增加了。
Jīnnián jiā lǐ de shōurù zēngjiā le.
The family income has risen this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 收入
房间太乱了，快 收 拾一下。
Fángjiān tài luàn le, kuài shōushi yíxià.
The room is a mess; tidy it up quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乱
From the graded readers
上个月，我 收 到了一封信。
shànggèyuè, wǒ shōudào le / liǎo / liào yī fēng xìn.
Last month I received a letter.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
新工作的 收 入只有原来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
那时候我在一家大公司工作， 收 入不错，工作也很稳定。
nàshí hòu wǒ zài yī jiā dà gōngsī gōngzuò, shōurù búcuò, gōngzuò yě hěn wěndìng.
At the time I worked for a big company with a decent salary and a stable job.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the travel phrasebook
多 收 了我的钱。
Duō shōu le wǒ de qián.
I've been overcharged.
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
收 到的和图片不一样。
Shōudào de hé túpiàn bù yíyàng.
What arrived isn't what the photo showed.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
我们 收 到货了，有问题。
Wǒmen shōudào huò le, yǒu wèntí.
The goods arrived and there's a problem.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
Words that contain 收
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 收
How is 收 used in a sentence?
This page shows 21 sentences using 收 (shōu, "Accept (collect - receive - put away - take back)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 收 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 收 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 收 an HSK word?
Yes — 收 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 收?
The dictionary page for 收 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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