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收
Mandarin · pinyin shōu
Meanings
- to receive
- to accept
- to collect
- to put away
- to restrain
- to stop
- in care of (used on address line after name)
Characters in this entry
- 收
- shōu · gather together, collect; harvest
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Mandarin tones
1 · shou1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 15 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sau1
Cantonese word readings for 收. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to arrest; to detain
- to receive; to be given
- to accept; to take in; to admit into
- to accept
- to put something away
- to collect; to gather
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 收購／收购 (shōugòu); to buy; to purchase
- to harvest; to reap
- to stop; to put an end to
- to restrain; to control
- to withdraw; to take back
- (colloquial) to finish (someone); to make (someone) a possession of oneself
- (Cantonese, of shops) to close
- (Cantonese) short for 收皮
- (Cantonese) to punish
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